The Voicemail

Ahead of 9/11's 20th anniversary, NPR set up a phone booth facing the World Trade Center and invited people to leave voicemails for those they lost.

Raw, heartfelt messages to lost loved ones make this a profoundly moving memorial.

Voicemails are deeply embedded into memories of 9/11. On that day in 2001, as people all across New York City tried to get hold of their friends and family, cellphone networks were overloaded. And for some of the victims

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