All Circuits Are Busy [Voicemail]
Title
All Circuits Are Busy [Voicemail]
Description
Verity Chegar of San Francisco recommends including the telephone operator's message All circuits are busy. She heard it all day on 9/11 when she tried to call friends in New York.
Sonic memorial comments
derek is plugging this one! Verity recommends sound. We assume permission for vmails.
Sonic memorial creation date
2002-02-07
Sonic memorial duration
00:00:21
Sonic memorial is browsable
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Sonic memorial keyword
Sound Memory
Communications
9/11
Sonic memorial name
SML15_1.aiff
Sonic memorial permission
web
Sonic memorial source ref name
427.aiff
Sonic memorial source type
vmail
Sonic memorial status
active
Source
digitally recorded
Media Type
audio
Collection
Citation
“All Circuits Are Busy [Voicemail],” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed October 1, 2026, https://911.dev.chnm.gmu.edu/items/95452/.