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Theresa worked at the Fresh Kills Recovery Project for the EPA. In this clip she comments on the Closing Ceremony.

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 for the EPA at the Fresh Kills Recovery Project doing air samples for asbestos and soil samples for other hazardous materials.

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…

Faith Schwartz worked at the Recovery Project at Fresh Kills as a physician's assistant. She screened volunteers and workers to see who was fit to work in the hazardous conditions. She descibes her day to day routine and some of the reactions of the…

Ray Ragusa worked at the Fresh Kills Landfill for 18 years as a heavy equipment operator. On the day of the Closing Ceremony, Ray describes how the Recovery Effort functioned at the landfill, how they kept track of where material was dumped, and what…

Ray Ragusa worked at Fresh Kills for 18 years as a heavy equipment operator. He describes the work ethic and skill of the workers at the Recovery Effort. Ray says it always popped into his mind that he was sifting through the remains of the WTC, but…

Ray Ragusa gives a tour of the organization during the Recovery Effort. He descibes working at the landfill as being "at home" compared with working at Ground Zero. Ray estimates the manpower of the different agencies present during the Recovery…

Ray Ragusa remembers finding a body at the landfill and describes his reaction. He says trying to find anything at the landfill was like the "proverbial needle in a haystack."

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…

Susannah Kelly lives in California now, but she grew up in Manhattan at Westbeth, the artists' community on West Street looking south. On a visit home a month after 9/11, she taped an audio journal with conversations with her mother, brother, and…

Damian Knoop of Virginia recounts the Twin Towers as beacons in the distance during drives east on RT 22 as a kid, then the buildings collapsing while he is monitoring customer's New York frame-relay circuits working as a Network Engineer.

Jennifer Altman talks about how her work as a photojournalist helped her to have a feeling of closure after September 11th. She describes some of the interactions she had, in the following months, with individuals and families of the individuals she…

Resident artist Don Bracken describes what he liked about the World Trade Center. He remembers what it felt like to work there as an artist and how overwhelmed he was by the view from his studio on the 91st floor.

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…

The Building Stewardesses discuss how they were trained to deal with a sometimes doubtful public.

Jennifer Altman describes an experience she had at the Fresh Kills Landfill. She talks about how the events of September 11th have impacted her life and her perspective about what she does professionally.

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

Guy Tozzoli's idea of "peace through trade" motivates him.

Guy Tozzoli talks about his determinaion to build the WTC.