The Day the World Went Away, Nine Inch Nails; Holland, Sufjan Stevens; Hand Covers Bruise, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross; A Wolf at the Door, Radiohead; Something in the Way, Nirvana; Nobody's Fault But My Own, Beck; Ramshackle Day Parade, Joe Strummer; Likufanele, Zero 7; I won't back down, Tom Petty; New York, I Love You But You're Bringing Me Down, LCD Soundsystem; I Shall Be Released, Nina Simone; Satellite of Love, Lou Reed

As a resident of NYC back on 9/11/01 and to the present, there is a huge wound in my soul that will never be healed over the horrific events that took place that day. I turned to music back then as a coping and escape mechanism so I can't pick one particular song that adequately sums up how I felt on and after 9/11/01. The songs I selected have been a part of my internal-external soundtrack over the past 10 years. They tell my story of my sadness, fear, heartache, heart-break, disbelief, anger and ultimately, hope for a safer future.

Gayathri