Book About 911, Part 3
While the tower lay in pieces, shreds of people’s lives lay exposed in Union Square as stunned family members frantically searched for news of their loved ones. …Talk about God was as common as talk about the weather. Questions like, “Why did this happen?” and “How will we go on?” became the standard replacement for the usual “How are you?” and “Nice day we’re having” greetings.
Book About 911, Part 4
These snippets share a slice of my experience working on a disaster relief team at the site of the Trade Towers. I offer them to you as a way of reflecting on where we've been, what we've learned and who we've become as a result of that tragic, but important day.
Book About 911, Part 2
The ground that would’ve normally been kept clear by city sanitation workers, if not for an occasional stray leaf or piece of litter, was dusted with a thin coating of shredded paper and glass particles, as if a local Office Max had been incinerated and its contents dumped on the scene like unwelcome confetti.
Book About 911, Part 1
It wasn’t until the plane was identified as an airliner that my heart joined my head in the listening. And it wasn’t until a second plane crashed and the FAA grounded all planes that I began to realize how my generation’s concept of our world was crashing as well.
911 Service Today
Free Excerpts From Book About 911 Below
I tend to scan the news headlines with a certain aloofness. Most of the articles seem like repeats of stories I've read before--more state budget cuts, more crimes, more people battling to get elected.
But this morning, one headline caught my eye: "911 Service Today." Each year, when I encounter commemorative stories about the attacks on Ground Zero and the Pentagon, my mind takes the same whirlwind journey.
September 11th. It is September again, ...
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