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 enlarge | Authors: Jim Dwyer, Kevin Flynn
Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd
Category: Book
List Price: £7.99
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 114708
Media: Paperback
Pages: 352
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Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 0099492563
EAN: 9780099492566
ASIN: 0099492563
Publication Date: September 1, 2005
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 Excellent! At times you think you are actually there! August 15, 2007
M. A. Warren (London, England)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
A truly remarkably excellent book, so well written and at times you battle to come to grips that every bit of it really happened, every person in the book is a real person, every act of heroism is fact, one of those books that you wished never ends, by the end of it you want to know more and more so you will not be surprised when you find yourself doing your own research afterwards on the net. Its not very often that I find a book that grips me from the word go, one of those that you cannot put down, you've gotta keep going, as if each page of the book becomes a floor of the World Trade Center and a race against time, do not be surprised if you find your self still reading this book at 3am because you just couldn't put it down and you just wanted to know what happened next, apart from the absolute tragic end which we know all too well...
Thought Provoking! July 11, 2007
Louise Hollow (UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I chanced upon this book after returning from a trip to New York last year during which I visited ground zero and St Paul's Chapel. I found it extremely harrowing to read but at the same time extremely thought provoking. As well as highlighting some of the mistakes in the construction of the buildings, it also highlights problems with the rescue efforts, and above all amazing individual heroism and bravery and tells you stories which have never been heard. Focusing on stories and accounts from survivors, rescue workers and the families of those who died it is a genuninely well written and realistic sounding account of what really happened. A must read for anyone who watched the events of that day unfold x
Things You Didn't Know April 24, 2007
S. Brady (UK)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
On September 11th 2001 whilst all this was happening I just assumed that there was no-one in the buildings when they fell. I expected everybody to have been evacuated with no problems.
This book tells the story of the people in the towers and how they were stuck, journeys down the stairs and information that you wouldn't believe.
Well researched very readable chronicle August 25, 2007
Janie U (England)
This book tackles the human experiences within the twin towers from the first plane hitting to the second tower falling.
In a typical American style, the book starts with a series of statistics and technical detail but very quickly picks up on the people involved and then continues throughout the book to address the challenges faced by the people escaping and rescuing and how they dealt with them.
I couldn't help feeling a huge frustration about the described lack of co-ordination and communication. An agreed and well communicated strategy would have saved many more lives, although it still seems a miracle that so many people did survive.
I thought the book might feel vaguely voyeuristic although I was wrong. The human tragedy was very sensitively handled and the book should be read by everyone.
 Absolutely horrifying May 22, 2006
Kentspur
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
This is a very detailed account of what it was like to be in the Twin Towers on the morning of September 11th, 2001. It is not so concerned with the politics of the hijackers or the details of the planes. rather the stories of the survivors and those who did not.
The confusion of the day is well conveyed, with some still sitting at their desks trying to work as people above them died. The lessons learnt from the 1993 bombing - and how they influenced the behaviour of people who recalled all too well that the people who had stayed put had been put to least inconvenience then - are also well told.
About a hundred pages in, you are just overwhelmed all over again. You can recall what it was like that day, to watch the towers abalze on TV. Some of it is almost too much, like a camera has been put inside a gas chamber at Auschwitz. The descriptions of what helicopter pilots saw particularly at the top of the north tower as people threw themselves to their deaths are truly horrendous. Relays had to be worked out at the bottom of the tower for those being evacuated so they could not be killed by the falling bodies; cops had to scream at people not to look at the plaza because it meant they would stop and stare, open-mouthed, and slow the evacuation.
The mistakes of the day are highlighted. The miserable lack of inter-service co-operation between the fire service and the police and the unnecessary equipment dragged up by doomed firefighters who became too exhausted to get out when many knew the south tower had collapsed.
The astonishing heroism of ordinary workers that day shows through. Many died so that others might live.
This is a painful, but utterly compelling book. Everyone should read it.
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