An epic count of ordinary men and women, that includes stories of bravery, courage, and overcoming odds including the construction manager and his colleagues who pried open the doors and saved dozens of people in the north tower. This work tells the saga of the men and women as they made 102 minutes count as never before.
When his father is killed in the September 11th attacks, nine-year-old Oskar Schell sets out to solve the mystery of a key he discovers in his father's closet. It leads him into the lives of strangers, into history, to the bombings of Dresden and Hiroshima, and on an inward journey which brings him ever closer to some kind of peace.
There is September 11 and then there are the days after, and finally the years. This book begins in the smoke and ash of the burning towers and traces the aftermath of this global tremor in the intimate lives of a few individuals. Theirs are lives choreographed by loss, grief and the enormous force of history.
The terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre was the most universally observed news event in human history. This work tells the stories behind fifty of the images that altered our sense of our world forever - from the shots taken by bystanders as the first tower was struck to the scene of three firemen raising the Stars and Stripes at the site.
America's most prolific and esteemed political analyst offers his informed analysis of the global build up to the September 11th attacks, the long-term results of America's current military action, and what can actually be done to promote peace and justice.
Provides colour photographs, diagrams, and the analysis to show that the World Trade Center towers and Building 7 were demolished with explosives that were placed in the buildings in preparation for the 9-11 attack. This book is being used by people to support the accusation that the US Government was the primary conspirator in the 9-11 attack.