Usually I take notes when I’m listening to review. I took very few notes while hearing this powerful oral history because I did not want to move, not even a little bit. The producer wisely chooses to let the voices carry the piece with very little support. Other than intermittent piano music and the narrator’s occasional naming of those speaking, we hear only the voices of a group of Pentagon survivors and some of their family members. The material is simply but effectively organized. The layers of voice carry you along like a river, from the moments prior to the attack, through the attack, through escaping the building, to recovering from injuries and from the experience itself, up to how people look at life some months later. Family members talk about their version of that day, about finding their loved ones in the hospital, about the effects on their shared lives. I don’t want to share any more of the specifics. This beautifully edited piece deserves to be heard with open ears. It is an obvious choice for the anniversary, but in fact always timely. Our soldiers are killing and being killed, our country inflicting damage, and for a change freshly knowing what is to be hit on our own soil. This work provides a strong reminder of what being at war means to those under attack, as well as a reminder of oral history’s effectiveness, and of the power of radio.