City to release tapes of 9-11 emergency calls
NEW YORK CITY ? Christopher Hanley had to repeat his story to two dispatchers after calling 911 from the Windows on the World restaurant on Sept. 11, 2001.
“Yeah. Hi. I’m on the 106th floor of the World Trade Center. We just had an explosion on the, on the like 105th floor,” Hanley, 35, told a dispatcher. Later, he says, “We have smoke and – it’s pretty bad.”
Hanley, who died in the trade center, was one of 28 people identified among about 130 emergency calls the city planned to release today. Hanley’s parents shared the tape with The New York Times, which had sued the city for access to all the calls.
An appeals court ruled last year that the public could only hear the voices of 911 operators and other government employees on the tapes. But a state judge ruled Wednesday that the city must provide the names of the 28 people.
The appeals ruling allows the public release of the 28 tapes only if families consent. As of Thursday, only the tape of Hanley had been released.






