

DIVISION 1: Those jumpers, did they already jump?.DISPATCHER: Division 1 go with your message, K.DISPATCHER: All right, division 1 be advised, battalion 2 advised we have jumpers from the World Trade Center, K.BATTALION 2: Be advised we have jumpers K, jumpers.We have jumpers coming from the World Trade Center right now from the upper floors. We're going to need the PD for security of the entire World Trade Center. We're reporting fire on the 78th floor, that's unconfirmed at the time. DISPATCHER: Division 1, receiving reports floor one-zero-six, numerous people trapped floor number one-zero-six.DIVISION 1:Division 1 to Manhattan, go ahead.DISPATCHER: Manhattan calling division 1, K.Also received reports of people trapped on floor number 106 K. DISPATCHER: All right box 8087 report of smoke 83rd floor, 103 floor, 104 floor.DISPATCHER: All right, fire from the north side and the west side of the World Trade Center.You've got fire out of the north side and now coming out of the west side of the World Trade Center, the west side. DISPATCHER: Unit with an urgent message, K.CAR 4-DAVID: Okay, I want all but one of them here.DISPATCHER: At this time you have the rescues K.MARINE 1: Marine 1 to Manhattan with an urgent message, K.CAR 4-DAVID: How many rescues we got here?.Be advised you've got all boats available for transport through the river. CAR 40 CHARLIE: 40 Charlie is responding.CAR 40 CHARLIE: 40 Charlie to Manhattan.Their ticket is time stamped 0851 hours so this would be about here A member working that day recalled hearing these transmissions soon after leaving their quarters. This section (0851 hours) was in the NYT transcript, but there was no audio to match with it. ENGINE 10: Roll every available ambulance you've got to this position.LADDER 10: Truck ten to Manhattan, just so you know this is confirmed.If the first battalion transmitted that it looked like it was intentional, inform all units going into the box it could be a terror attack.

Third alarm's been transmitted box 8087, third alarm transmitted box 8087 for 1 World Trade Center.

ENGINE 10: It appears an airplane crashed into the World Trade Center.Second alarm assignment report to the World Trade Center, second alarm assignment report to 1 World Trade Center. Have the third alarm assignment go into that area, the second alarm report to the building, K. We'll have the staging area at Vesey and West Street. It looked like the plane was aiming towards the building. BATTALION 1: We have a number of floors on fire.LADDER 3: Civilian reports from up here, a plane just crashed into the World Trade Center for your information.DISPATCHER: 10-4, 10-60 has been transmitted for the World Trade Center, 10-60 for the World Trade Center.Send every available ambulance, everything you've got to the World Trade Center now. ENGINE 10: Engine 1-0 World Trade Center 10-60.UNKNOWN UNIT: Transmit a second alarm on that box immediately.ENGINE 6: The World Trade Center - tower number one is on fire.BATTALION 1: Battalion 1 is also sending the whole assignment on this box to that area, K.Transmit a second alarm and start relocating companies into the area. BATTALION 1: We just had a - a plane crashed into an upper floor of the World Trade Center.I also made corrections where they erred or omitted what was on the tape. Mine differs from theirs in that I was able to understand many transmissions they labeled unreadable.

This is my transcription of the audio tapes from 9/11/01 on the New York Times website. I'm working on transcribing the tape as I hear it, making correctionsįrom the NY Times version. There may be subtle differences between that and what I have presented below. The recordings released on August 14, 2005. This transcription is from the release of tapes a few years ago, not
