Out of the Blue : The Story of September 11, 2001 from Jiha to Ground Zero

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• ISBN13: 9780805072402
• ISBN10: 0805072403
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-09-11
• Publisher: Times Books

Summary

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. 16-page photo insert.

Author Biography

In twenty years with The New York Times, Richard Bernstein has served as bureau chief at the United Nations and in Paris, as national cultural reporter, and currently as a daily book critic. Before that, he was the Beijing bureau chief for Time magazine. He has written five books, including The Coming Conflict with China (with Ross H. Munro) and, most recently, Ultimate Journey: Retracing the Path of an Ancient Buddhist Monk Who Crossed Asia in Search of Enlightenment. He lives in New York City.

Howell Raines is executive editor of The New York Times.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Howell Raines
``We Saw People Jumping''	1	(10)
Peshawar: The Office of Services	11	(7)
``We're Due for Something''	18	(12)
The Young Man from Saudi Arabia	30	(16)
Glick and Jarrah: An Open Life and a Closed One	46	(13)
Terrorism Arrives in America	59	(11)
Harry Ramos and Victor Wald: The Courage of Strangers	70	(8)
``In Time of War There Is No Death''	78	(17)
Yeneneh Betru: Medicine for the Neediest	95	(5)
The Cell in Hamburg	100	(10)
John Ogonowski: Salt of the Earth	110	(7)
While America Slept	117	(16)
Richard A. Penney: Project Renewal	133	(5)
The Commandos in America	138	(11)
Peter J. Ganci: Born to Fight Fires	149	(8)
The Terrorists Stay One Step Ahead	157	(17)
Like a Knife into a Gift-Wrapped Box	174	(13)
``Protect the White House at All Cost''	187	(12)
``We Had a Lot of Dying and Fire Up There''	199	(28)
The Towers Come Down	227	(18)
A Nation Suspended	245	(6)
Aftermath	251	(18)
Notes	269	(5)
Acknowledgments	274	(2)
Index	276