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Shortly after September 11, 2001, NPR's Lost & Found Sound brought
together radio producers, artists, historians, archivists, and the
public broadcasting community to collect and preserve audio traces
of the World Trade Center, its neighborhood and the events of 9/11.
Lost & Found Sound and NPR set up the Sonic Memorial phone line (877-894-8500)
to record your stories and collect audio contributions.
Your response has been remarkable and moving. We never could have
imagined all that is out there—tapes of weddings atop the World
Trade Center, recordings of the buildings' elevators and revolving
doors, home videos made by a lawyer in his 42nd floor office, sounds
of the Hudson river front, recordings of late night Spanish radio
drifting through the halls as Latino workers clean the offices, an
interview with the piano player at Windows on the World, voicemail
messages from people who worked in the World Trade Center.
Hundreds of people from around the world have called offering their recordings—making this a dramatic, unprecedented audio archive of immediate, first-person accounts chronicling a historic event from almost every vantage point.
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Updates:
November 15, 2003: SonicMemorial.org wins a Online
Jounalism Award for Creative Use of the Medium.
April 2, 2003: The Sonic Memorial Project recieved a Peabody Award
in the
62nd Annual Peabody Award Ceremony.
"The outstanding Website continues to make those voices
available and guides users to the rich significance within these
recorded memories."
March 9, 2003: The Sonic Memorial Project was a
2003 SXSW Web Awards Winner in the Audio/Radio genre.
February 21, 2003: American Women in Radio & Television (AWRT)
announced the Gracie
Allen Award Winners. The Sonic Memorial Project won the interactive
website award.
October 9, 2002: Archivists Round Table Award for Innovative Use
of Archives. This award recognizes use of archival material in a
meaningful and creative way, making a significant contribution to
a community or body of people, and demonstrating the relevance of
archival materials to its subject.
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