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Robert Olin works at Thatcher, Thomas and Wood, which was on the 38th to 40th floors of 2 WTC. He had videotaped the office two weeks before 9/11.

Brian Smith, now living in Texas, recalls working in 1 WTC. On weekends, when it was quiet, the sound of the tower creaking reminded him of a sailing ship in the wind.

Philip Armor, a visitor to New York from Santa Fe, remembers feeling like he had made it when he drove around the monolithic, silent Twin Towers just two months before 9/11.

Ashley visited New York from the Berkshires when she was seven. Of her visit to the WTC, she remembers that she didn't trust the man-made mountains but that standing on the observation deck, with its silence and the wind, was like being on a…

New Jersey resident Nancy Boss always used to look at the New York skyline when she was driving on Route 22--she still does. She never realized before what the WTC meant to her.

Author and professor Angus Kress Gillespie discusses how far one had to be from the WTC in order to get a good view of the towers.

Former PATH train rider Amy Rose Bloomfield recalls the eerie noises in the plaza that were caused by the wind going down the façades of the towers.

Lauren Marshall, a native of Oregon, recalls visiting the WTC in 1979 and being amazed by the river of people on the escalators--it was the most people she has ever seen.

Stephen Vitiello, one of the artists in residence at the WTC, made ambient sound recordings of the building. This clip was recorded in July 2001 in the WTC lobby as Vitiello returned from WFMU.

An anonymous man reads a New York City guide from 1939, in which the WTC area is described as a Syrian quarter occupied by Turks and Armenians.

Karim, a downtown resident who worked until 2 a.m. in Tribeca, recalls riding his bike home and stopping along the way at the WTC plaza. He would lie there and look up at the towers.

Radio Producer Warren Levinson describes the annual WTC Valentine's Day wedding marathon.

Laura Weinberg Arnow's husband always worked either by the WTC or in it. In the 1960s, his office had a view of the slurry wall being built; then he worked for the Port Authority. Arnow also describes going with her son to meet her husband at the…

An anonymous man describes visiting the top of the towers. He considered them a masterpiece of our time.

Frederic Vogel, producer of theatrical performances at the WTC plaza, talks about how the program represented the philosophy of the WTC management by showcasing a cross-section of NYC culture.

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.

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…

Musician Tilman Reitzle has a sound library of recordings made in 1986 at the WTC. Among the ambient sounds in his collection are the noises of the escalators and the turnstyles.