Publisher Description
The dramatic and moving account of the struggle for life inside the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, when every minute counted.
At 8:46 AM on September 11, 2001, 14,000 people were inside the twin towers -- reading e-mails, making trades, eating croissants at Windows on the World. Over the next 102 minutes, each would become part of a drama for the ages, one witnessed only by the people who lived it -- until now.
New York Times reporters Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn rely on hundreds of interviews; thousands of pages of oral histories; and phone, e-mail, and emergency radio transcripts. They cross a bridge of voices to go inside the infernos, seeing cataclysm and heroism, one person at a time, to tell the affecting, authoritative saga of the men and women -- the 12,000 who escaped and the 2,749 who perished -- who made 102 minutes count as never before.
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"2 New York Times journalist tell the untold story of the world trade center attacks from eye witness accounts. The book is pretty full on and makes you feel sorry for the people who were trapped in the building. A good read.
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Matt (4 out of 5 stars)
About the Authors
Jim Dwyer, a native New Yorker, New York Times bestselling author, and veteran newspaper reporter, has spent most of his professional life covering New York as a reporter, columnist, and author. He joined the Times in May 2001 after stints at the Daily News, New York Newsday, and several papers in northern New Jersey. In addition to his work on daily newspapers, he is the author or co-author of four books, including 102 Minutes: The Unforgettable Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers with Kevin Flynn, an editor at the Times.
Kevin Flynn is the coauthor of Notes on a Killing, Legally Dead, and Our Little Secret, and author of Wicked Intentions and American Sweepstakes. As a radio and TV journalist, Flynn has won more than fifty broadcast awards, including an Emmy, four Edward R. Murrow awards, and three New Hampshire Magazine’s Best TV Reporter awards. He is a regular contributor to many true crime TV shows, such as Deadly Sins, Unusual Suspects, Killer Instinct, On the Case with Paula Zahn, and My Dirty Little Secret. He serves on the board of trustees to the New Hampshire Writers’ Project.