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All of us at SoundCloud are honored that Robin Hood chose our platform to run the audio portion of their site. Ten years on, people have done an incredible job of rebuilding and strengthening their communities. Now is the time when technology can play a vital role in how we reflect, remember, and never forget the retrospective and forthcoming stories of that day.

- Alexander Ljung, founder and CEO of SoundCloud.

Thanks to SoundCloud’s platform, we invite you to listen to letters addressed to Robin Hood 10 years ago, but meant for all of Robin Hood’s supporters. It’s an honor to share them with you now.

One hundred percent of your donation will go directly toward helping families receive mental health support and counseling as they continue to rebuild their lives. Support the relief fund. →

“Baba O’Riley” by The Who, performed at the Concert for New York City. The event was organized by Robin Hood and attended by the men and women who responded first to the attacks of 9/11 as well as victims’ families. Listen and watch other clips from the concert here and see the whole concert on VH1 today at 4pm or on our Facebook page.

As we face the future, we need to take courage.

Rudy Giuliani, The Concert for New York City

Listen and watch other clips from the concert. In a special six-hour telecast, The Concert for New York will air in its entirety on VH1 today from 4pm-10pm.

Our common humanity is more important than all of our interesting differences.

Bill Clinton, The Concert for New York City.

Watch President Clinton and others at The Concert for New York City, rebroadcast in full, tomorrow on VH1 at 4pm or streaming on our Facebook Page.

Every family that lost someone on 9/11 received a $5,000 check from Robin Hood. In return, we received heartwarming letters of thanks. Through these letters, we learned about the people we helped and the loved ones they had lost. Mary-Louise Parker reads a letter from a woman honoring the life of her husband.

Read more letters here.

It is hard to believe that 10 years have passed since 9/11. Five weeks after the tragedy, Robin Hood organized The Concert for New York City as a way to raise money for the relief effort and bring some cheer to a dark time. Ed Burns hosts as VH1 rebroadcasts the entire concert tomorrow at 4pm.

Listen and watch clips from the concert.

We received many heartfelt letters sent by the wives, husbands and mothers of 9/11 victims. Here, Harvey Weinstein reads a letter from an employer who provided information on a victim’s wife so that she could receive a check from Robin Hood.

Learn more here.

On September 11, it seemed like everyone had become a New Yorker.

Jim Carrey, Concert for New York City

Listen and watch other clips from the concert. In a special six-hour telecast, The Concert for New York City will air in its entirety, Sunday on VH1 from 4pm-10pm.

Every single family who lost someone on 9/11 received a check for $5,000 from Robin Hood just in time for the holidays, without having to fill out an application for assistance.

Ten years after 9/11, the victim’s children and families, and the families of rescue and recovery workers - our heroes - still require mental health services that remain unfunded.

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