The Sonic Memorial Project

Jennifer Altman talks about how her work as a photojournalist helped her to have a feeling of closure after September 11th. She describes some of the interactions she had, in the following months, with individuals and families of the individuals she…

Damian Knoop of Virginia recounts the Twin Towers as beacons in the distance during drives east on RT 22 as a kid, then the buildings collapsing while he is monitoring customer's New York frame-relay circuits working as a Network Engineer.

Susannah Kelly lives in California now, but she grew up in Manhattan at Westbeth, the artists' community on West Street looking south. On a visit home a month after 9/11, she taped an audio journal with conversations with her mother, brother, and…

Leif Boman presented his piece "ge.nos0911a" at the Stockholm Culture house for the one year anniversary of 9/11. Working with the Linköpings University, Leif found a special spectrographic technique to get the unique sound waves from the ash and the…

Ray Ragusa remembers finding a body at the landfill and describes his reaction. He says trying to find anything at the landfill was like the "proverbial needle in a haystack."

Ray Ragusa gives a tour of the organization during the Recovery Effort. He descibes working at the landfill as being "at home" compared with working at Ground Zero. Ray estimates the manpower of the different agencies present during the Recovery…

Ray Ragusa worked at Fresh Kills for 18 years as a heavy equipment operator. He describes the work ethic and skill of the workers at the Recovery Effort. Ray says it always popped into his mind that he was sifting through the remains of the WTC, but…

Ray Ragusa worked at the Fresh Kills Landfill for 18 years as a heavy equipment operator. On the day of the Closing Ceremony, Ray describes how the Recovery Effort functioned at the landfill, how they kept track of where material was dumped, and what…

Faith Schwartz worked at the Recovery Project at Fresh Kills as a physician's assistant. She screened volunteers and workers to see who was fit to work in the hazardous conditions. She descibes her day to day routine and some of the reactions of the…

Theresa Gregorio was one of the few women working at the Recovery Effort at the Fresh Kills Landfill. She describes the supportive working atmosphere and her pride about doing her part. Theresa Gregorio also recalls some of the sounds and smells of…

Theresa worked for the EPA at the Fresh Kills Recovery Project doing air samples for asbestos and soil samples for other hazardous materials.

Theresa Gregorio worked for the EPA at the landfill during the recovery effort after September 11. In this clip she describes the tools of her trade and safety precautions.

Theresa worked at the Fresh Kills Recovery Project for the EPA. In this clip she comments on the Closing Ceremony.

A tractor operator working at Fresh Kills, Edwin was born and raised on Staten Island. He watched the progression of the WTC construction. In this clip, Edwin describes the recovery work he did after September 11. He is still amazed by the amount…

A tractor operator at Fresh Kills, Edwin was born and raised on Staten Island. He reflects on the surreal nature of September 11, and what he has had to do to cope.

A Fresh Kills tractor operator, Edwin was born and raised on Staten Island. He lost people close to him on September 11. He talks about the silent sadness that will still linger with the workers who spent so much time there -- even after the closing…

Faith Schwartz worked at the Recovery Project at Fresh Kills as a physician's assistant. She is proud of the workers who never complained about the uncomfortable conditions at the landfill, the decontamination process they have to go through even…

Faith Schwartz worked as a physician's assistant at the Recovery Project at Fresh Kills. She had just graduated before September 11. She never expected that her first job would be on the "garbage dump."

Jeff Strubel worked as a tractor operator at Fresh Kills Landfill. He started on September 11, just doing what ever he could to help. He describes some of the public support he experienced while driving his equipment from ground zero.

Josh's friend Dean Haspiel left a message on his answering machine right after the 1st tower fell. Josh and Dean later collaborated with many other comic book artists on a fundraising anthology "911 Emergency Relief."