NORTH BRUNSWICK VOLUNTEER FIRE/LADDER COMPANY #3
DRAMATIC RADIO TRANSMISSIONS FROM SEPT 11, 2001

These are tapes of radio transmissions between police officers and firefighters and their dispatchers at the scene of the World Trade Center attacks on Sept. 11. The tapes cover the period just before the first tower collapse at 10 a.m. through the second collapse and the chaotic aftermath. The first set are excerpts, the second the tapes in their entirety.

Planes have crashed into both towers and the tape picks up minutes before the
collapse of the first tower, includes the collapse of the first tower and the response
immediately after the collapse. (15 minutes)

• Tape 1: Before, During and After The Collapse of the First Tower

After the first tower collapse, there were reports of people stranded in the subways under the
World Trade Center. (4 minutes)

• Tape 2: Checking Reports of Passengers Trapped in Subway Cars

Just as some officers are accounted for after the first collapse, the second tower collapses.
(9 minutes)

• Tape 3: Before, During and After the Second Tower Collapse

As calls come in from people, officers and firefighters trapped, emergency services workers
try to keep them calm as they pinpoint locations. Tape includes call for help from Capt.
Fuentes who was pulled alive from the wreckage. (9 minutes)

• Tape 4: The Search and Rescue Effort

Units of officers and firefighters set up command posts around the area but staying in contact
proves difficult. (17 minutes)

• Tape 5: The Mobilization Continues
• Tape 6
• Tape 7
• Tape 8
• Tape 9
• Tape 10
• Tape 11