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Tayloe Skelton reads a poem he wrote after 9/11.

The musical group that Terry Platz belongs to performs a song to the tune of Scarborough Fair using words from a sonnet by Shakespeare. She says those lyrics can be quite chilling in light of 9/11.

Les Robertson, the WTC structural engineer, explains how the acceptable sway for the building was determined.

Kim Smith, a producer from Texas, has DAT tape of performance artists and poets taking part in an exhibit about September 11. She offers to collaborate.

The band Brother was scheduled for two concerts in Milwaukee on September 12, but the first one was cancelled. Band member Angus Richardson tells how the band spent the early part of the day jamming and writing the piece 911. The concert that took…

Benjamin and Michelle Barshay got married at Windows on the World in 1985, and they live and work in the area. They considered the WTC to be their backyard. They have video of the scene outside their windows on 9/11.

Blan, the Radio Man, talks about the family businesses on Radio Row.

A montage of Building Stewardesses talking about the meaning of their jobs: They reflect on what Guy Tozzoli and his ideology of World Trade had hoped to achieve in the 1960s. After 9/11 the Building Stewardesses feel honored to be a part of the…

Tom Van Buren is the director at the Center for Traditional Music and Dance near Ground Zero. He produced events at the WTC and has a tape archive.

Mark Farago, a resident of Wharton, NJ, was moved by a news segment on Channel 12 that featured kids from a local school, St. Mary's, singing about 9/11.

To Jessica Webbington, who lives in Los Angeles, the documentary film The Cruise, about a New York tour guide named Timothy Speed Levitch, is an inspired portrait of the city.

Just after the first explosion at the WTC, WNYC's Mark Hilan cuts into the regular broadcast.

WNYC's Mark Hilan cuts in and reports at 8:50 a.m. He then interviews eyewitness Charlie Hynes, who works for WNYC.

WNYC's Mark Hilan interviews Charlie Hynes, then interrupts to go to NPR news.

Author and professor Angus Kress Gillespie discusses the shrines for 9/11 victims that have been constructed in Manhattan and New Jersey.

Floridian Frances Key, director of the International Peace Performers children's chorus, recommends that her group sing for peace and in honor of 9/11. The Florida-based, multi-cultural chorus includes both refugee and American children.

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…

Peter Klein, his wife Melody, and their son Noah saved their voicemails from 9/11. Melody and Noah were downtown when the attacks occurred.

Bob and Barbara Krutzel were married at Windows on the World in 1976. Here they introduce themselves, describe their wedding ceremony, and recall their 20th anniversary dinner, when they returned to Windows on the World.

Bob and Barbara Krutzel were married at Windows on the World in 1976, and Bob worked in the WTC during the early 1980s. He recalls the "King Kong" film promotion and the creaking sound of the swaying buildings. The Krutzels also describe the mall and…