102 Minutes : The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers
This is an amazing story about the people in the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. It’s based on survivors tales, transcripts from rescue personnel and some careful surmisings about what happened. There were truly some heroic as well as, unfortunately, stupid decisions and actions made that morning. Heroic being some of the Port Authority workers who made selfless rescues to the stunned and injured on the upper floors. Stupid in the decision to have people RETURN to their offices. All in all, the rescue effort went as well as it could under the circumstances. The biggest problem of course was the communications system. FDNY could not communicate with NYPD vice versa. This was critical when an NYPD chopper, investigating the burning sections of one of the towers could see that it would fail. They were able to get this information to the police but not the firemen. This book is highly recommended. I believe there is a movie in progress or in the planning stages.