Remembering 9/11

Out of the Blue: the Story of September 11, 2001, from Jihad to Ground Zero by Richard Bernstein and the staff of the New York Times (973.931 Bernste)
Following the lives of heroes, victims and terrorists, New York Times journalist Bernstein weaves a complex tale of a multitude of lives colliding in conflagration on that fateful morning of September 11, 2001.

102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers by Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn (974.7 Dwyer)
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 a.m. 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.

Your Father's Voice: Letters for Emmy About Life With Jeremy – And Without Him After 9/11 by Lyz Glick and Dan Zegart (974.8 Glick)
This stirring but unsentimental work is an uplifting portrait of one of the heroes on Flight 93 by his widow, in the form of a letter to their baby daughter.

Firehouse by David Halberstam (974.1 Halber)
A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist offers an intimate portrait of Engine 40, Ladder 35, on the Upper West Side of New York City, which lost 12 men in the World Trade Center attack. Halberstam tells a story that is about the individuals themselves, as well as the effect this cataclysmic event has had on the victims' families, their surviving colleagues and their community.

Among the Heroes: United Flight 93 and the Passengers and Crew who Fought Back by Jere Longman (363.12 Longm)
Of the four horrific hijackings on September 11th, Flight 93, which crashed in a field outside Shanksville, Pennsylvania, resonates as one of epic resistance. A number of passengers phoned relatives and others on the ground to tell them of the hijacking and what they planned to do about it. This definitive account is by the New York Times reporter who covered the story.

The Cell: Inside the 9/11 Plot and Why the FBI and CIA Failed to Stop It by John Miller and Michael Stone (973.931 Miller)
Written by ABC News journalist John Miller and co-writer Michael Stone, a blow by blow investigation into the terrorist cells involved in the September 11 attacks, using information gleaned from sources within the FBI and CIA, and from reporting Miller has gathered during his many years as a reporter covering the World Trade Center bombing of 1993, through the present.

The 9/11 Commission Report  by National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States (973.931 Nation)
In November 2002 the United States Congress and President George W. Bush established by law the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, also known as the 9/11 Commission. This independent, bipartisan panel was directed to examine the facts and circumstances surrounding the September 11 attacks, identify lessons learned and provide recommendations to safeguard against future acts of terrorism. This volume is the authorized edition of the Commission's final report.

Above Hallowed Ground: A Photographic Record of September 11, 2001 by photographers of the New York City Police Department (974.7 Above) 
The only photographer with unrestricted air and ground clearance shares an unparalleled visual document of the September 11th tragedy and its aftermath. Detective Fitzpatrick's 278 photos – each a powerful image – together form an unforgettable portrait of New York City and its journey from destruction to redemption. All royalties from this book will be donated to the New York Police Foundation, a charitable organization.

Middletown, America: One Town's Passage from Trauma to Hope by Gail Sheehy (974.7 Sheeh)
All Americans were hit with some degree of trauma on September 11, 2001, but no place was hit harder than Middletown, New Jersey. Gail Sheehy spent the better part of two years walking the journey from grief toward renewal with 50 members of the community that lost more people in the World Trade Center than any other outside New York City. Her subjects are the women, men and children who remained after the devastation and who are putting their lives back together.