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.
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
Collection
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/.
