September 11 Digital Archive

Ken Van Auken's 9/11 Message [Archival Voicemail]

Title

Ken Van Auken's 9/11 Message [Archival Voicemail]

Description

This is Ken Van Auken's phone message from the WTC to his wife on 9/11. He did not survive. Ken and I went to junior high school on Staten Island together and I never saw him after that. I was stopped cold when I heard this broadcast on the radio.

Sonic memorial comments

Vanessa emailed Margaret. She doesn't have the rights to what she submitted, nor does she have contact info for Ken's widow, nor does hse remember where she got a copy of his vmail. We should get permission from Ken's widow.

Sonic memorial contact

1/17/03 Maybe contact family foundation set up for Ken:
The Van Auken Family Fund
Temple B'nai Shalom
PO Box 957
East Brunswick, NJ 08816
Wife name: Lorie Shafler Van Auken- no contact for her.

Sonic memorial creation date

2001-09-11

Sonic memorial duration

00:00:00

Sonic memorial is browsable

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Sonic memorial keyword

Victim
Evacuation
Communications
9/11

Sonic memorial name

public submission from web

Sonic memorial permission

unknown

Sonic memorial source type

archival

Sonic memorial status

unknown

Source

digitally recorded

Media Type

audio

Citation

“Ken Van Auken's 9/11 Message [Archival Voicemail],” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed October 1, 2026, https://911.dev.chnm.gmu.edu/items/95924/.