New York to release 9/11 recordsThe city of New York is set to release fire department records from the attacks on the World Trade Center.
They include transmissions recorded on 11 September 2001 and testimonies from firefighters which were gathered later.
The city was forced to release the documents following a lawsuit filed by the New York Times, and supported by relatives of firefighters who died.
Records already published by the paper have raised questions whether some of the deaths may have been avoided.
More than 340 firefighters lost their lives on 11 September 2001. Many died after radio messages telling them to evacuate the north tower went unheard.
Last year a congressional inquiry into the attacks said there was a breakdown in communications between the emergency services.
Warnings ignored
The documents being released on Friday include about 15 hours of radio communications between dispatchers and firefighters at the World Trade Center.
They also include more than 12,000 pages of individual oral histories compiled by the department in October 2001.
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