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Mohawk Ironworkers on the World Trade Center, early 1970s Photo courtesy of Peter "Doc" Alfred

The National Public Radio's Lost & Found Sound's and Sonic Memorial Project, is calling for stories concerning the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001. The "Sonic Memorial" project is a collaboration by a team of independent producers in New York City and around the country, led by The Kitchen Sisters, WNYC, and NPR News.

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.

The story of the Mohawk Ironworkers, Walking High Steel, which aired on NPR's 'All Things Considered' on Monday, July 1, 2002, is already a part of the memorial and the story of Mohawk Ironworkers, as well as, the World Trade Center, in the early 1970s.

Alex Mayo (Mohawk, Kahnawake) on a column at Second Avenue between Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Streets, 1971 Courtesy of Kanien'kehaka Onkwawén:na Raotitiohkwa

NPR's Sonic Memorial would welcome more stories from, Mohawks and the Mohawk Nation, as well as, stories from other American Indians and American Indian Nations.

Sonic Memorial is seeking audio of all kinds - voice mail messages, personal & 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 September 11, 2001. Let them know what else is out there by calling NPR'S Sonic Memorial Line, phone 202-408-0300.

CONTRIBUTE YOUR SOUNDS & STORIES - If you have personal recordings or remembrances that you feel are appropriate for this project, please call NPR's special voicemail line, phone: 202-408-0300 and describe your material. 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.

Call Verizon to retrieve your WTC Verizon voice-mail messages, phone: 800-435-7986. 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 NOW, phone: 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 NPR's Sonic Memorial.

For more information please send an email to: info@sonicmemorial.org

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