102 Minutes - Softcover

Dwyer, Jim; Flynn, Kevin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099492563 ISBN 13: 9780099492566

Publisher: Arrow, 2005

Synopsis

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The only book on 9/11 to focus solely on the remarkable testimony of those inside the Twin Towers during the attacks.

At 8.46 am on September 11, 2001, 14,000 people were inside the Twin Towers in New York - reading emails, making calls, eating croissants... over the next 102 minutes each would become part of the most infamous and deadly terrorist attack in history, one truly witnessed only by the people who lived through it - until now.

Of the millions of words written about that unforgettable day when Al Qaeda attacked the western world, most have been from outsiders. New York Times reporters Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn have taken the more revealing approach - using real-life testimonies to report solely from the perspective of those inside the towers. 102 Minutes is the epic account of ordinary men and women whose lives were changed forever in this kamikaze act of terrorism. This unique book about unique people, includes incredible stories of bravery, courage and overcoming unbelievable odds. Immortalised in this non-fiction masterpiece are the construction manager and his colleagues who pried open the doors and saved dozens of people in the north tower; the police officer who was a few blocks away, filing his retirement papers, but grabbed his badge and sprinted to the buildings; the window washer stuck in a lift fifty floors up who used a squeegee to escape; and the secretaries who led an elderly man down eighty-nine flights of stairs.

Chance encounters, moments of grace, a shout across an office shaped these minutes, marking the border between fear and solace, staking the boundary between life and death. Crossing a bridge of voices to go inside the infernos, seeing cataclysm and herosim one person at a time, Dwyer and Flynn tell the affecting, authoritative saga of the men and women - the 12,000 who escaped and the 2,749 who perished at Ground Zero on September 11th 2001 - as they made 102 minutes count as never before.

About this title

Review:

"A heart-stopping, meticulous account ... a fitting tribute to the people caught up in one of the great dramas of our time ... a cathartic release" (New York Times)

"Heartbreaking and inspiring" (Boston Herald)

"With its tragic and preordained conclusion, the book becomes a tearjerker in the most essential way" (Entertainment Weekly)

"Writing in a way that confers dignity on each subject ... This is one book that will stay with readers for a long time" (People)

"Insightful, compassionate and unrelievedley tense" (Baltimore Sun)

From the Publisher:

A massive New York Times bestseller: The untold story of the fight to survive inside the twin towers

About this edition

• Publisher: Arrow
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0099492563
• ISBN 13: 9780099492566
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368