City Begins Releasing Thousands of Oral Histories of 9/11

By JIM DWYER, The New York Times, Published: August 12, 2005

A rich vein of city records from Sept. 11, including more than 12,000 pages of oral histories rendered in the voices of 503 firefighters, paramedics, and emergency medical technicians, were made public this morning.
The city began releasing the histories - a mosaic of vision and memory recalling the human struggle against surging fire, confusion, and horror - this morning. They were compiled by the New York City Fire Department beginning in October 2001. , but to this date, no one from the department has read them all or used them for any official purpose.
The city also began releasinga written log of calls to the 911 system, many from trapped office workers, as well as tapes of fire dispatchers. Other records, including tapes of 911 operators, are being assembled and are not yet ready for release, city officials said.
MORE

NOTE: NYT Complete Coverage, "THE 9/11 RECORDS"