...the sounds of downed responder's beacons....
by kathi_wright in Six Word Memoirs: IAVA on Sep 11, 2011 | 
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kathi_wright says,
...one of the nightmare memories of 9/11, for me, was watching the news reports and hearing a constant background noise, which i later learned was the sound of the downed firemen's and policemen's beacons sounding off from underneath all of the rubble....