102 Minutes by Jim Dwyer5/25/2023 ![]() 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.Ĭhance 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. This unique book about unique people, includes incredible stories of bravery, courage and overcoming unbelievable odds. ![]() 102 Minutes is the epic account of ordinary men and women whose lives were changed forever in this kamikaze act of terrorism. 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. Of the millions of words written about that unforgettable day when Al Qaeda attacked the western world, most have been from outsiders. 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. ![]() ![]() 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. ![]()
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