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Apr 6, 2006 6:48 am US/Eastern

More 9-1-1 Calls Found From Sept. 11 Attacks

Special Report: 9/11 Remembered

NEW YORK (CBS) ―

Click to enlarge: The south tower of World Trade Center collapses after the 9-11 terrorist attack on New York City, Sept. 11, 2001. (File)
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Investigators looking for part of a 9-1-1 call from a fire department official killed in the attack on the World Trade Center discovered eight more recordings of calls and emergency dispatches on two previously overlooked tapes, the department said.

The recordings from Sept. 11, 2001, are in addition to the roughly 130 calls to 9-1-1 released on March 31.

The New York Times reported Thursday that the recordings were discovered Wednesday when city investigators were searching for the remainder of a 9-1-1 call made by Dennis Devlin, a fire department battalion commander situated in the trade center's south tower.

The fire department said that the newly discovered recordings will be released after they are processed by the city law department.

An appeals court ruled last year that the words of the 9-1-1 callers should be confidential. In the calls that identified the callers by name, the court ruled, their family members should have the option of deciding whether to release the information.

The voices of the fire and police operators who heard the calls for help were released after the Times and relatives of Sept. 11 victims sued to get them.

Below, find a sample of the nearly nine hours of emergency calls released by the city on March 31, detailing the responses of 9-1-1 operators to frantic callers caught in the chaos of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack. Silence replaces the voices of the callers.

New York Police Department 9-1-1 System Calls