Never Forget

图书标准信息

• 作者 Mitchell Fink 著
• 出版社 HarperCollins
• 出版时间 2002-11
• ISBN 9780060514334
• 定价 233.10元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 320页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

OnthemorningofSeptember11,2001,shockwavesrippledthroughthecountryastheUnitedStatescameunderterroristattack.InNewYork,Washington,D.C.,andSomersetCounty,Pennsylvania,fourplanespilotedbymembersoftheAlQaedaterroristorganizationleftdeath,shatteredinnocence,andincomprehensibledestructionintheirwake.WhiletheattacksunitedallAmericansintheirsharedhorrorandgrief,theactualwitnessestotheseeventsoftenbeartheheaviestweightofthesepainfulmemories.NeverForgetisacollectionofunbelievablymovingstoriesofloss,heartache,andsurvival,astoldinthewordsofthoseclosesttotheunfoldingtragedy.Instark,hauntingdetail,thesevividpersonalaccountsbringtolifetheeventsastheyhappened:fromtheharrowingmomentsaftertheplaneshitthetwinTowersoftheWorldTradeCentertotheoverwhelmingcloudofdebristhatenvelopedlowerManhattanwhenthetowersfell,thedevastatingconversationswithlovedonesonthehijackedflights,theterrifyinghoursspenttrappedinthefallenbuildings,andthepainstakingrecoveryeffortsateachsite.MosesLipson,aneighty-nine-year-oldconstructioninspector,walksdownfromtheeighty-eighthfloorofTower1.StevenBienkowski,apoliceofficerintheNewYorkHarborUnitScubaTeam,watcheshelplesslyfromahelicopteraspeopletrappedintheupperfloorsofTower1reachfromthewindowstobegforamiraclerescue.TimMcGinn,anow-retiredNYPDlieutenant,shootsoutawindowandsavesatleastthirtypeoplefromsuffocation.YoungLyzbethGlick'sheartdropswhensherealizesthatherhusband,Jeremy,whochangedhistravelplansatthelastmoment,isnowonthehijackedflightfromNewark.AsthePentagonblazes,LieutenantColonelTedAndersonplungesbackinsidetorescuecivilianstrappedbyfallendebris.Weekslater,therescueandrecoveryeffortsatGroundZerocontinue.ConstructionworkerJosephBradleylooksonasafirefightergentlyclosestheeyesandstraightensthesuitofawomanwhosebodyisfoundintherubble.BenjaminGarelick,sevenyearsold,raisessevenhundreddollarswithalemonadestandto"helpthefiremenbuyanewtruck."Astheseunforgettablestoriesreveal,manyAmericanstranscendedtheirownconfusionanddespairtohelponeanotherescape,toofferoneanotherkindness,andtoaffirmlifeinthefaceofcatastrophe.Thisconcertofvoicesshows,asneverbefore,theheartbreakinggriefandslowbutupliftinghealingprocessthatthepeopleofthisnationhaveexperiencedindividuallyandasone.