The Sonic Memorial Project

Heather Ordover is a teacher at the High School for Leadership and Public Service one block south of the WTC. On 9/11, the students were evacuated to Castle Clinton; Ordover could hear ash falling into the river. Later, they learned that their…

Alison Murphy was on the way to work in Kentucky when she heard about the attacks. She grew up in NJ and had watched the buildings being built. Later her mom, who had a view of the WTC from her deck, called to describe what was happening.

Karen Schneider describes her daily commute from New Jersey to the WTC, the din of the crowd, and how she once lost a button on her way and could hear it fall in spite of the noise.

Lorraine Stone, who was visiting France when the attacks happened, describes the reaction of the people there. She also kept her phone messages from that day.

Robert Bauer's son, Nathan, worked on the 52nd floor of 1 WTC--luckily, he was stuck in the subway the morning of 9/11. Bauer's daughter, Emilia, was in her NYU dorm with a view of the WTC. In response to the attacks, Bauer, who lives in Maine,…

Sound designer Logan Susnick published a CD of sounds recorded at the WTC concourse in 2000.

Songwriter Victor Freedburg reads the lyrics of his work "Just One Cloud," inspired by walking around New York on 9/11--it was a painfully beautiful day. The song is performed by the band Spiritual Machine.

Art photographer Duncan McCosker describes the prophetic photographs he took of a turbaned figure with rocket and angels at a Carnival celebration.

An anonymous woman offers her video of the towers falling on 9/11, as well as footage from the following week.

Charlie Samuels kept 25 messages from 9/11.

Musician Steven Longfellow Fiske wrote song called "Out of the Ashes" for 9/11.

Eric Williams, a New York street reporter, was sent to cover the plane crash at the WTC at 8:45 a.m. He later recorded the sound of the collapsing buildings. His live coverage of the event was broadcast on WBAI.

St. Louis native Keith Nepper looks to the Gateway Arch as inspiration for rebuilding at Ground Zero. He points out that in the form of the arch, the two towers rely upon each other.

Denise Bosco saved a message about first the plane crash that was left on her answering machine before anyone knew what was happening.

Right after the attacks, Ellen Lytle's husband, Michael, wasn't able to find her. He tells his story in this interview, recorded on March 6, 2002.

A few weeks after September 11, ten-year-old Autumn Rose Bragg recorded herself pretending to be a CNN anchor. Her father, Randy, thinks this may be her way of dealing with the tragedy.

Photographer Joel Meyerowitz started taking pictures at the WTC in 1981. In this interview with Terry Gross on NPR's Fresh Air, recorded on October 23, 2001, he talks about trying to photograph the events of 9/11. Part 1: Intro section.

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Photographer Joel Meyerowitz started taking pictures at the WTC in 1981. In this interview with Terry Gross on NPR's Fresh Air, recorded on October 23, 2001, he talks about trying to photograph the events of 9/11. Part 2: Meyerowitz discusses…

At first, the events of September 11 seemed to be replaying a tragic accident that happened half a century earlier: On July 28, 1945 a B-25 Mitchell bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building. A reporter broadcasts live and…

As part of his sound installation Buildings [New York], artist Francisco López recorded ambient nighttime noise in the World Trade Center as well as in other large buildings in Manhattan and Brooklyn between January and March 2001. The piece,…