The World Trade Center Attack

by Roleff, Tamara L.

• ISBN13: 9780737714685
• ISBN10: 0737714689
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-12-01
• Publisher: Greenhaven Pr

Summary

The attacks of September 11, 2001, were called an act of war against the United States, similar to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor sixty years earlier. The authors in this anthology describe their experiences of escaping from the World Trade Center towers and watching the buildings collapse. Personal accounts of the rescue and recovery efforts, reactions by both politicians and ordinary civilians, and the Arab perspective on the attacks are also included in this timely and engaging volume.

Table of Contents

Foreword	11	(13)
Introduction: The Tragedy of September 11	13	(18)
The Towers Collapse
Chapter Preface	31	(2)
Inside Tower One	33	(5)
John Labriola
Escape from Above the Impact Zone in Tower Two	38	(13)
Brian Clark
Trapped in the North Tower	51	(5)
Dave Lim
People Are Jumping	56	(5)
Conor O'Clery
Watching the Towers Fall	61	(6)
Timothy Townsend
A Burn Victim at the World Trade Center	67	(10)
Greg Manning
Rescue and Recovery
Chapter Preface	75	(2)
Saving Josephine	77	(15)
Jay Jonas
A Firefighter's Worst Nightmare	92	(5)
Dennis Smith
Counting Bodies	97	(3)
Sandeep Jauhar
Searching for Bodies	100	(4)
Paul Morgan
A Priest at Ground Zero	104	(6)
James Martin
A Night at Ground Zero	110	(8)
Erin Bertocci
The Western World's Response
Chapter Preface	116	(2)
America Will Withstand This Attack	118	(3)
George W. Bush
The World Must Unite Against Terrorists	121	(6)
Tony Blair
Americans Are Strong and Resilient	127	(4)
Rudy Giuliani
``We Stand by You''	131	(2)
Megan Hallinan
Renewed Patriotism	133	(4)
Michele Wallace Campanelli
Neighborly Concern	137	(5)
Elizabeth Grove
Racist Assumptions	142	(7)
Bob Levey
The Arab World's Response
Chapter Preface	147	(2)
``Hypocrisy Rears Its Ugly Head''	149	(3)
Osama bin Laden
No Tears for America	152	(2)
Muhammad Abbas
Americans Are Terrorists	154	(3)
Sulaiman Abu Ghaith
A Vision of Plane Crashes	157	(9)
Osama bin Laden
Islamic Law Prohibits Harming the Innocent	166	(5)
Salih bin Muhammad Al-Luheidan
Appendix: The Evidence Against Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda	171	(16)
Chronology	187	(6)
For Further Research	193	(3)
Index	196