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Podcast: 911 excerpts from Sept. 11, 2001

More than four years after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, the city released tapes of some 130 calls made to the 911 emergency system the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. The words of the callers have been edited out to protect their privacy.

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    "There's a fire or explosion or something..."

    September 11, 2001
     
     
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    "The room is getting filled with smoke."

    September 11, 2001
     
     
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    "Unless you're reporting people trapped...don't call."

    September 11, 2001
     
     
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    "13 people trapped."

    September 11, 2001
     
     
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    "They're panicking on that floor."

    September 11, 2001
     
     
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    "New explosion at Two World Trade Center"

    September 11, 2001
     
     
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    "A passenger airplane hit the World Trade Center above the 85 floor."

    September 11, 2001
     
     
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    "Another plane hit the building"

    September 11, 2001
     
     
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    "They can't breathe, there's too much smoke."

    September 11, 2001
     
     
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    "Hang in bro."

    September 11, 2001
     
     
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    "There's a male hanging out of the World Trade Center."

    September 11, 2001
     
     
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    "The floor has fell out."

    September 11, 2001
     
     
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    "It's an awful thing ... to call somebody and tell them you're gonna die."

    September 11, 2001
     
     
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    "If you have a fire going on and you open the window, you're just feeding the fire."

    September 11, 2001
     
     
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    "I feel so bad that we can't do more."

    September 11, 2001
     
     
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    "Try to stay low to the ground."

    September 11, 2001
     
     
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    "Guess you never think it's going to happen again."

    September 11, 2001
     
     
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    "Jesus Christ."

    September 11, 2001
     
     
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    "If you feel your life is in danger, do what you must do."

    September 11, 2001
     
     
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    "I don't know the WTC like the back of my hand."

    September 11, 2001
     
     
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    "I swear someone is coming for you."

    September 11, 2001
     
     
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    Video: Kevin Cosgrove's 911 call

    • Cosgrove's 911 call

     
     
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    Video: Melissa Doi's call

    • Video: Melissa Doi’s 911 call

     
     
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    Audio: 911 calls on Sept. 11

    Audio: 911 calls on Sept. 11

     
     
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    Flash: 911 tapes released

    Flash: 911 tapes released

     
     
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    Podcast: 911 excerpts from Sept. 11, 2001

    Podcast: 911 excerpts from Sept. 11, 2001

    More than four years after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, the city released tapes of some 130 calls made to the 911 emergency system the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. The words of the callers have been edited out to protect their privacy.

     
     
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    Transcript of Kevin Cosgrove's call to 911

    A transcript of Kevin Michael Cosgrove's chilling call to 911.

    April 10, 2006
     
     
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    Transcripts: 911 calls from Sept. 11

    Transcripts: 911 calls from Sept. 11

    To view any of the documents click on a link below.

     
     
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    Sounds of helplessness and despair from 911 tapes

    They suggested damp towels for the doorways. They warned people that panicking would waste their oxygen. They urged them to sit tight, stay low and not break windows.

    April 1, 2006
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    For call dispatchers, confusion reigned

    She was at the center of the vortex, hearing the pleas for help, the panic and the confusion.

    April 1, 2006
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    911 calls painful for families

    When Wendy Cosgrove imagined her husband, Kevin, on the day he died, she saw him trapped in the dark, 105 stories above ground, choking on smoke.

    April 1, 2006
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    Painful memories can't blunt a day of joy for soldier's mom

    Reminders of the day her brother died were everywhere Friday -- in newspaper headlines, on television screens and car radios.

    April 1, 2006
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    Still waiting for new 911 call center

    Four and a half years after the World Trade Center disaster cast a spotlight on the city's emergency readiness, a long-planned project to improve police, fire and medical communications through a 911 backup call center remains glaringly incomplete.

    April 1, 2006
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    Disclosure of city's 9/11 information nearly complete

    The World Trade Center information released by the city Friday completes the public disclosure of most of the information sought by a lawsuit filed four months after the attacks.

    April 1, 2006
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    Transcripts show despair, chaos

    The tapes and transcripts are stark reminders of the chaos and confusion of the day.

    March 31, 2006
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    Families react to 9/11 tapes

    Families react to 9/11 tapes

    March 31, 2006
     
     
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    Poll: Should the tapes be released?

     
     
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    Audio: FDNY transmissions

     
     
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    FDNY oral histories

     
     
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    Family hears son's WTC 911 calls

    When they first learned about a recorded call their son Christopher had made to 911 from inside the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, Joe and Marie Hanley did not want to hear his voice.

    March 31, 2006
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    Flash: FDNY audio on 9/11

     
     
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    A timeline of events on Sept. 11, 2001

    A timeline of events on Sept. 11, 2001

    8:00 a.m. -- American Airlines Flight 11, Boeing 767 with 92 people on board, takes off from Boston's Logan International Airport for Los Angeles. 8:14 a.m. -- United Air Lines Flight 175, Boeing 767 with 65 people on board, takes off from Boston's Logan airport for Los Angeles. 8:21 a.m. -- American Airlines Flight 77, Boeing 757 with 64 people on board, takes off from Washington Dulles International Airport for Los Angeles. 8:40 a.m. -- Federal Aviation Administration notifies North American Aerospace Defense Command's Northeast Air Defense Sector about suspected hijacking of American Flight 11. 8:41 a.m. -- United Air Lines Flight 93, Boeing 757 with 44 people on board, takes off from Newark International Airport for San Francisco. 8:43 a.m. -- FAA notifies NORAD's Northeast Air Defense Sector about suspected hijacking of United Flight 175. 8:46 a.m. -- American Flight 11 crashes into north tower of World Trade Center. 9:03 a.m. -- United Flight 175 crashes into south tower of trade center. 9:08 a.m. -- FAA bans all takeoffs nationwide for flights going to or through its New York Center airspace. 9:21 a.m. -- All bridges and tunnels into Manhattan closed. 9:24 a.m. -- FAA notifies NORAD's Northeast Air Defense Sector about suspected hijacking of American Flight 77. 9:26 a.m. -- FAA bans takeoffs of all civilian aircraft. 9:31 a.m. -- President Bush, in Florida, calls crashes an "apparent terrorist attack on our country." 9:40 a.m. (approx.) -- American Flight 77 crashes into Pentagon. 9:45 a.m. -- FAA orders all aircraft to land at nearest airport as soon as practical. More than 4,500 aircraft in air at the time. 9:48 a.m. -- U.S. Capitol and White House's West Wing evacuated. 9:59 a.m. -- South tower of trade center collapses. 10:07 a.m. (approx.) -- United Flight 93 crashes in Pennsylvania field. 10:28 a.m. -- North tower of trade center collapses. 11:00 a.m. -- New York mayor orders evacuation of lower Manhattan. 1:04 p.m. -- From Barksdale Air Force base in Louisiana, Bush announces U.S. military on high-alert worldwide. 2:51 p.m. -- Navy dispatches missile destroyers to New York, Washington. 3:07 p.m. -- Bush arrives at U.S. Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska. 5:25 p.m. -- Empty 47-story Seven World Trade Center collapses. AP-ES-03-31-06 1056EST

    March 31, 2006
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    Flash: Sept. 11: 4 Years Later

    Flash: Sept. 11: 4 Years Later

    Flash: Sept. 11: 4 Years Later

     
     
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