NPR'S Sonic Memorial Line: 202.408.0300
For information email: info@sonicmemorial.org

The public radio community across the country is joining together to create a Sonic Memorial to commemorate and chronicle the people, places and endeavors that made up the life and history of the World Trade Center.

We are seeking audio of all kinds -- voice mail messages, personal and business recordings, dictation tapes, corporate videos, tourist videos, oral histories, recordings of WTC concerts and events, stories from the many rescue workers and volunteers -- the voices, sounds and stories of the World Trade Center neighborhood and working environment before, during and after the events of Sep. 11, 2001. Tell us what else is out there.

Contribute Your Sounds and Stories

If you have personal recordings or remembrances that you feel are appropriate for this project, please call NPR's special voicemail line at 202-408-0300 and describe your material to us. The audio artifacts that we collectively gather will be shaped into national and local radio specials, incorporated into on-site memorials and made available to the public via the Internet and through a national archive.

WTC Verizon Voicemail Messages

If you or a family member worked at the World Trade Center, Verizon Communications has generously agreed to help you retrieve your office voice mail. Call Verizon at 800.435.7986 to receive a cassette copy of your messages before they're lost. If you have a copy of your messages from Verizon that you would like to contribute to the Sonic Memorial Project please contact us.

Collaborators

NPR's Lost & Found Sound
NPR
WNYC
Verizon Communications, Inc.
transom.org
Sound Portraits
Radio Diaries
The Museum of Television & Radio NY
KQED-FM San Francisco
The Sonic Memorial Committee of Independent Radio Producers, Artists & Humanists.

Articles

NY Times Sonic Memorial
Current Online Sonic Memorial
LA Times Article