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Volume 51 - No. 35 September 02, 2021

By Friedrich Gomez

Like those most painful and agonized memories forever kept alive by countless thousands of Holocaust Memorials and Museums located in every civilized country in the world today, so also do Americans refuse to forget our most painful memories of those who perished on September 11, 2001.

More than 1,000 phone calls were made in just 10 minutes after the first plane, American Airline Flight 11, struck New York’s World Trade Center – and thousands more kept calling as the horror unfolded.

Some reached loved ones, others left heart-tugging messages.

It is the will of the American people and, most importantly, to the survivors and relatives of those who died, that these final voice recordings and transcripts be preserved so that we may never forget.

This exclusive report for The Paper will present several of these voice recording transcripts, many for the first time.

This month marks the 20th Anniversary of that infamous attack by al-Qaeda terrorists.

“IF WE DON’T MAKE IT OUT ALIVE, PLEASE NEVER FORGET US!” New tapes of emergency September 11, 2001, recordings have been periodically released through the years and entrusted to The National September 11 Memorial Museum as well as “The Never Forget Fund,” both in New York.

Both institutions pledge to honor and uphold its promise to those anguished calls to never forget them, and also to honor the wishes of surviving family members to keep alive this legacy.

Seven days a week, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., The National September 11 Memorial Museum has conducted tours for countless visitors, children, students, teachers, families, and the general public, all of whom can experience more than 40,000