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A New Yorker who now lives in California, Tim Landek watched the WTC being built from his grandmother's apartment.

Tim offers FDNY radio tapes from 9/11. His wife's brother was a firefighter who died during the collapse of the south tower. You can hear his voice on the tape.

Mary Biffoni, a retired office worker from 7 WTC, recalls the toddlers on leashes outside the child care center in the building.

Photographer Neil Selkirk taped the tolling of the bell at St. Luke's Church on 9/11. You can hear sirens wailing in the background.

Bob Edwards of NPR talks with reporter Tom Gjelton at the Pentagon as it is being evacuated.

Tom shares about how he heard about and responded to the attacks on 9/11. He remembers his close friend who died on flight 93.

Musician Tom Monte and his wife cowrote an R&B gospel song called Phoenix about 9/11.

Tom Munyon a member of the Seraphim Music chorus in Seattle, sang the Fauré Requiem at a memorial service and found the performance especially moving.

Tom O'Riley's band wrote a song, Land of the Free, in response to 9/11.

New Jersey resident Tom Reingold talks about the voicemail he received on 9/11 from his upset girlfriend, who described what was happening.

Broker Tony Jokes, who began working in the WTC soon after it opened, recalls a fire that damaged 1 WTC in 1973 and the 1993 bombing.

Brooklyn native Tony Mattera talks about how he used to go early in the morning with his dad, who worked in the Washington Market and Radio Row area. He describes the world there and the shops.

In 1982, radio producer Lou Giansante recorded a number of interviews with people at the World Trade Center. Here, he speaks with a woman from Louisiana.

In 1982, radio producer Lou Giansante recorded a number of interviews with people at the World Trade Center, as well as some of the sounds of the buildings. Here, he speaks with a man and a boy from Philadelphia.

Guy Tozzoli introduces himself. He talks about Lee Jaffe, a PR agent who had many ideas for the public image of the WTC.

Guy Tozzoli describes '39 World Fair and how he got involved. Kathleen Quinn chimes in with a comment about her neighbor and former boss, Guy Tozzoli

Pamela Bowl's family moved to New York from Canada some time ago and has celebrated two important events at the WTC--she feels they provide bookend stories for her family. Her son's bar mitzvah was held there in 1978. And on November 11, 2000, when…

Trellis Dalembert describes the video she has of her son being born in Florida on 9/11. On the tape, the doctor comments that it's a special day to be born, and the baby cries.

Alun Williams, director of the Triangle Artists' Workshop, describes videos made of workshops that took place at the WTC in 1998 and 2000.

Patrick Donnelly, poet and small press editor in Tribeca, offers a peom he wrote.