It Will Always Be Yesterday: 25 Years After 9/11

September 11, 2001 was 25 years ago. But if you lived through that day, it doesn’t feel like it. StoryCorps started recording survivors and the families of victims just a few years after, with the goal of archiving one interview for each person lost. We dug through more than two decades of those recordings to create a portrait of living through 9/11 — and afterwards.If you lost someone on 9/11 and want to memorialize them, leave us a message at 702 - 706 - T-A-L-K. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy

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