25 years after 9/11, a reporter digs through the WNYC recordings from that day

WNYC Radio | By Samantha Max

Published September 9, 2026 at 5:05 PM CDT

Each year, fewer Americans remember 9/11. The radio archives of WNYC take us to Ground Zero as the planes hit.

Samantha Max

Samantha Max covers criminal justice for WPLN and joins the newroom through the Report for America program. This is her second year with Report for...

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