The Sonic Memorial Project

Newsman Bill Einreinhofer recognized the WTC elevator announcement as being the voice of John Tillman, who worked with WPIX (channel 11) long ago.

Boston resident David Freed recalls a hearing woman interviewed on NPR after 9/11 who said she wanted to hold her husband's hand. Also, he remembers that PanAm had a heliport on top of the WTC in the 1970s.

Mohammed Anwar lost his uncle, a Cantor Fitzgerald employee, in the September 11 attacks. He remembers going to Windows on the World and meeting Richie Havens there.

Maura, a native of Ireland, visited the WTC on September 7, 2001. She remembers a man who worked there--he spoke many languages and made the people in the elevator laugh.

International Telecom worker Dick Dingman, who lives in Nebraska, visited New York on business. He remembers sitting at restaurants in the financial district and hearing the sound of the water.

Wisconsin resident Anthony Tiafflo doesn't have a TV. When he finally got to a television and began watching the news on September 11, he saw a woman from his hometown posting flyers--and the person she was looking for was one of his friends, too.

Steve Duniec came up to NYC from North Carolina a few days before 9/11. He had a doorman take a photo of him with his wife and the WTC in background.

Lewis talks about Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels, the last band that played in the WTC plaza.

An anonymous woman from Kansas describes absolute silence as the only sound she can relate to the tragedy.

Colorado poet Orfeo reads DIA the Day After, which he wrote on September 14, 2001. DIA stands for Denver International Airport.

John Weber remarks that just as people know where they were when JFK was shot, now they'll remember when they first heard about the Twin Towers. John was on Route 18 in New Jersey on his way to work.

Publisher John Rollins lost his best friend, Mike, who worked at Cantor Fitzgerald. He is cataloging such items as CDs of Mike's favorite songs and video footage of his life.

Margaret Lobato, who lives in Utah, wrote a poem called Twin Towers USA 9/11 2001 in five verses describing what she felt and saw on 9/11.

Sara Lucas Torpey was in England for her father's funeral on 9/11. She watched the British news with her American husband--it felt disconnected and strange.

Jason Muller of Chicago remembers riding the elevators up to Windows on the World. He recalls feeling deaf after stepping off the elevator--it seemed so silent with the air pressure change.

Idaho resident Al Kristal visited New York last January and watched the silent film Nosferatu at the World Financial Center. The Club Foot Orchestra provided a live soundtrack for the movie. He thinks this music would be great to have as a memorial…

Kansan Anne Foster has never been to NYC, but she says NPR host Bob Edwards' calm announcement when the first tower collapsed has stuck in her audio memory.

A New Yorker who now lives in California, Tim Landek watched the WTC being built from his grandmother's apartment.

Robin Greenstein was a temp at the WTC and often went swing dancing at Windows on the World after work. She recalls the sound of the elevators. She saved the messages she received from friends in Denmark on 9/11.

Stephanie Menser, who lives in Seattle, would like the voices from NPR on September 11 to be preserved. The broadcasts made her feel connected to events happening 3,000 miles away.