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Abigail Kafka recalls the sound of the busy signals she kept getting at pay phones on 9/11 and talks about the lines of people waiting to use the phones.

Seventeen-year-old Katelyn Mueller wrote this song, Tuesday, three days after 9/11 to express what she and her friends were feeling at the time.

Diane Ludin, one of the artists in residence at the WTC World Views Program, made ambient recordings of the WTC. This is the sound of the turnstiles.

Diane Ludin, one of the artists in residence at the WTC World Views Program, made ambient recordings of the WTC. This is the sound of the turnstiles.

Ian Hochberg, who lives in Maryland, visited the WTC in the 1970s and remembers the silence on the observation deck. He visited Ground Zero in October and was again struck by the silence amid the destruction.

Lydia Robertson talks about her mother, Valerie Hanna, who was killed on 9/11. She says that Valerie was a natural mother--a remarkable person who had many foster children.

Vanessa and John Johnson were married at one of the Valentine's Day wedding marathons at the World Trade Center. Here, John sings their song.

In this interview, Vanessa and John Johnson remember getting married at one of the annual Valentine's Day wedding marathons held at the World Trade Center.

Songwriter Victor Freedburg reads the lyrics of his work "Just One Cloud," inspired by walking around New York on 9/11--it was a painfully beautiful day. The song is performed by the band Spiritual Machine.

Californian Victoria Slind-Flor recalls a 1992 trip to New York with her late husband, who had AIDS. They saw Philip Glass's opera, The Voyage, at the Met and then went to the WTC. It was a profound experience for both of them, and helped them come…

Video artists Alex Heilner and Amy Baxt describe the sounds on a video Alex made of the WTC area and play voicemails of an exchange between Amy and her dad on 9/11.

An anonymous woman offers her video of the towers falling on 9/11, as well as footage from the following week.

Musician Lynn Skinner recorded her composition for piano and voice on December 28, 2001. She describes it as a reflection on September 11 and a moment of hope.

Kahnawake Mohawk ironworker Walter Beauvais how the height of the World Trade Center affected even the simplest factors in its construction. The taglines, two ropes used to guide the iron as it was raised, were rendered unusable by the distance they…

Ruth Anne Kocour describes her experience watching George Bush's "War on Terrorism" speech in a village in Northern Thailand.

Josh's friend Dean Haspiel left a message on his answering machine right after the 1st tower fell. Josh and Dean later collaborated with many other comic book artists on a fundraising anthology "911 Emergency Relief."

Sara Lucas Torpey was in England for her father's funeral on 9/11. She watched the British news with her American husband--it felt disconnected and strange.

WBAI radio programmer John McDonagh describes doing a special show after 9/11. They interviewed John's young daughter, who was pulled out of school; John's sister, who is a police officer; firemen; a friend who worked on the 37th floor of the WTC;…

Judge Berman married hundreds of couples at the World Trade Center Valentine's Day wedding marathons.

Kyle was wedding videographer for his friends just after September 11th. The preacher quotes from the book of Job and frames love as the perfect answer to 9/11.