Liz Thompson, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council [Radio Broadcast]For an interview on NPR's Fresh Air on September 21, 2001, the Director of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Liz Thompson, talks about the council's role in encouraging the arts at the WTC. The LMCC offices were in 5 WTC, and a number of their artists had studio space in Tower 1. Sculptor Michael Richards was killed in the attack; Thompson was at a meeting in 1 WTC that morning but was able to get out safely.