• “She said, 'Stacy, I've gotta go,' and she hung up on me.”

    Stacy Thedans remembers the last phone conversation she had with her mother on the morning of September 11, 2001.

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    Recorded in Washington, D.C
  • “The last picture she saw was one of me.”

    Shelli Wright and her son, Graham Haggett, remember his grandmother Sandra Lee Wright, who was killed on September 11, 2001.

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    Recorded in Los Angeles, CA
  • “I didn't even think twice.”

    Umberto Joseph DeJesus talks to his wife, Nancy Cardona, about volunteering at Ground Zero.

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    Recorded in New York, NY
  • “It was just happenstance that he happened to be there.”

    Former World Trade Center Director and CEO Charles Maikish remembers John DiGiovanni, who died in the World Trade Center bombing on February 26, 1993.

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    Recorded in New York, NY
  • “He's always been on my mind ever since then...”

    Former NYPD lieutenant Bill Cosgrove remembers carrying Father Mychal Judge, the first official victim of September 11th, out of the World Trade Center.

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    Recorded in New York, NY
  • “There's a form we fill out and it's called 'On My Death.'”

    Father Michael Duffy talks about how he came to give the homily at the funeral of his friend, Father Mychal Judge, the first official victim of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.

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    Recorded in Philadelphia, PA
  • “We got to the World Trade Center in a matter of minutes.”

    Retired NYPD officer Joseph Lutrario remembers responding to the attacks at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

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    Recorded in Baldwin, NY
  • “It was Christine's first trip in an airplane.”

    Lee Hanson and his wife, Eunice, talk about losing three family members who were aboard United Airlines Flight 175 during the September 11 attacks.

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    Recorded in New York, NY
  • “I called his name into the phone over and over...”

    Beverly Eckert remembers her husband, Sean Rooney, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

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    Recorded in New York, NY
  • “He described what he used to feel when he came home every night...”

    Michele Garcia and her husband, Frank, remember her son NYPD officer Robert Oswain, who patrolled the World Trade Center site shortly after September 11, 2001.

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    Recorded in Palm Beach Gardens, FL
  • “We were together for 22 years...”

    Barbara Cattano remembers her partner Alena Sesinova who was killed in the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

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    Recorded in New York, NY
  • “I thought he was the goofiest guy I had ever met...”

    Granvilette Kestenbaum remembers her husband, Howard, who died in the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001.

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    Recorded in New York, NY
  • “She was everything to me.”

    Gladys and Carolina de la Torre remember their older sister Azucena who was killed in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

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    Recorded in Orlando, FL
  • “I was focusing on him coming home.”

    Jean Braca talks with her son David about losing her husband, Alfred Braca, on September 11, 2001.

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    Recorded in New York, NY
  • “The initial impression was as if we had walked out of the audience and became part of the show...”

    John Romanowich, a recovery worker, remembers his first day at Ground Zero after September 11, 2001.

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    Recorded in New York, NY
  • “We were among the first twenty steel burners to go in there.”

    Jack Murray (R) went down to Ground Zero the day of the September 11 attacks. He tells his friend, Jud Esty-Kendall (L), about cutting steel so rescue workers could search for those buried in the rubble.

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    Recorded in New York, NY
  • “I think like a lot of families we had the 'missing' posters up.”

    Antonia Landgraf and Matthew Gambale remember their sister, Giovanna "Gennie" Gambale, who died on September 11, 2001. Gennie worked at Cantor Fitzgerald on the 105th floor of Tower One. She was 27 at the time, and living near her parents' home in Brooklyn.

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    Recorded in New York, NY
  • “He had long eyelashes that any woman would die for.”

    Andrea Doctor remembers her husband, Johnny Doctor Jr., who was killed at the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. Doctor was an information systems technician first class in the United States Navy.

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    Recorded in Washington, D.C.
  • “We used to call her pigeon because she was small...”

    Anita Korsonsky (R) remembers her sister, Jeanette Lafond Menichino, who died at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, in an interview with their mother, Dina Lafond (L).

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    Recorded in New York, NY
  • “Claudia, to me, was very beautiful.”

    Bernell Sutton remembers his wife, Claudia, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

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    Recorded in New York, NY
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