The Sonic Memorial Project

In 1985, when filmmaker Pam LeBlanc was working on her short documentary, Waiting Tables, about the pink-collar ghetto, she interviewed a waitress at Windows on the World. She has since tried--unsuccessfully--to find the woman again and hopes she was…

Noga Askenazi recommends songwriter Philip Springer's Flight 93 Spirit of America, which has represented her feelings for the past few months.

Jill Remmler's brother worked in the WTC, but he was running late the morning of 9/11. He videotaped it from across the water in New Jersey.

Celia Hartmann lives six blocks north of the WTC. She saved 24 phone messages from 9/11.

Student AJ Yastremski describes jogging daily around the WTC--the business people running to their meetings, the sounds of the restaurants.

Matilda Lyubarsky talks about the voicemail her son left her as he saw the first plane crash into the tower.

New York resident Sara Bruya describes the meeting she attended three days after September 11. Group members were united in their call for peace.

Jill Goodkind dropped off her children at P.S. 234 by the WTC just before she saw the plane crash.

Downtown Manhattan poet Max Blagg describes the poem he wrote about walking his daughter to school on 9/11.

Video artists Alex Heilner and Amy Baxt describe the sounds on a video Alex made of the WTC area and play voicemails of an exchange between Amy and her dad on 9/11.

NPR reporter Mandalit del Barco worked on a story about corridos (Mexican folk ballads) dealing with 9/11 for Morning Edition. She offers to share the songs.

Artist Carola Dertnig had a studio in the WTC through the World Views Program. She describes a video she made of the office space, plaza, and people.

New Yorker Beth Faracy recommends various radio programs dealing with 9/11.

New Jersey resident Tom Reingold talks about the voicemail he received on 9/11 from his upset girlfriend, who described what was happening.

Mark Rossmeisel, who photographed the collapse of the towers from Fifth Avenue, offers to provide the pictures.

Judite Dos Santos videotaped people running away from the WTC on 9/11. The recording also captures the sound of Dos Santos crying.

Brooklynite Kristen Worrall taped the towers falling from across the water and got people's reactions. The next day, she went to a Manhattan hospital to document the aftermath of the tragedy.

Songwriter Joe Louden tells about the song he wrote called Good to Cry.

Blake Wallis is a canine search specialist from FEMA's Indiana Task Force 1. He and his dog Scout worked on a rescue team on 9/11.

Artist Rachel Terp had a show about American identity after 9/11.