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1st ed. |
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xix, 250 pages : maps ; 25 cm |
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| Contents |
In the North tower: Teresa Veliz -- David N. Frank and Michael Hingson -- Louis G. Lesce -- Irma Fuller -- Saravanan Rangaswamy -- George and Stephen Sleigh -- Gerry Gaeta -- In the South tower: Roselyn Braud -- Brian Clark -- Stephen Miller -- Patrick McNelis and Ellen DiMaggio -- Martin Glynn -- Jennifer Doyna -- Michael A. Lyons -- On the outside: Richard and Cathy Brown -- Paul Engel -- Ed Stawarz -- Rachel Landman -- Kimberly Morales -- Dick Heffernan -- Tonya Young -- Patricia Ryan -- Melissa Johnson -- To the rescue: Ernet Armstead -- Bill Beaury -- John Citarella -- Michael Currid -- Anthony R. Whitaker -- Narrow escapes: Richard Moller -- Greg Miller -- Peter J. Genova -- In the Pentagon: Tracy Webb -- Paul K. Carlton Jr.-- Karl Van Deusen -- Victor Correa -- Janet Deltuva -- John Jester. |
| Summary |
Published in commemoration of the tragic events on September 11, 2001, this moving collection of 40 first-person accounts captures the courage and compassion exhibited at that time by people of all walks of life. About 3,000 people lost their lives in the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., on September 11, 2001. Thousands more narrowly escaped, their survival a result of eerily prescient spur-of-the-moment decisions, acts of superhuman courage, the unfailing kindness of strangers, and, in some cases, fortuitous strokes of luck. September 11: An Oral History unites the voices of that day. It is at once a dramatic reminder of one of the most devastating events in history of the nation and a tribute to the spirit of cooperation and the outpourings of empathy that marked that day for so many people in the United States and abrad. Written and compiled by Dean E. Murphy, who covered the attacks on the World Trade Center for the New York Times, September 11: An Oral History presents vivid eyewitness accounts by those who rushed to the scene, as well as the stories of people around the country and abroad who watched as events unfolded on television and waited for news of friends, family, and acquaintances. A priest who runs an adoption center near the WTC paints an unforgettable portrait of what he calls "the meeting place of Hell and Earth that morning"; a businessman from Los Angeles in New York to conduct a training seminar recounts in breathstopping detail his descent with a blind colleague from the 78th floor of the North Tower; a senior at a high school; the owners of a small business in Arkansas describe their thoughts and feelings as they waited to hear from a customer who had become part of their lives though they had never actually met him; and a civilian employee at the Pentagon recalls giving up hope in a smoke-filled office, her hair on fire, only to be led to safety by the soothing voice of a colleague. Contributions from firefighters, police, and military personnel, and other rescue workers demonstrate the mixture of professionalism and humanity that justly elevated them, despite their own modesty, to the status of national heroes. There are stories, too, of those who narrowly missed being part of the mayhem--including a family of four who changed their plane reservations from one of the hijacked jets and others whose arrivals at work were delayed by unlikely coincidences and quirks of fate like forgetting to turn on the coffeepot the night before. The first and only oral history of September 11 that presents people from all walks of life, these poignant, often harrowing vignettes capture the grief, rage, and fear that gripped the nation--and offer an intimate, inspiring look at the strengths that enabled us to move on. |
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September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001) (OCoLC)fst01112794
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September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Personal narratives.
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| Chronological Term |
2001
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| Genre/Form |
Personal narratives. (OCoLC)fst01423843
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| Added Author |
Murphy, Dean E., 1958-
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September eleven |
| ISBN |
0385507682 |
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9780385507684 |
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