102 Minutes

Jim Dwyer, Kevin Flynn

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Arrow Books Ltd
03 October 2005

True stories of heroism, endurance & survival; History of the Americas; 21st century history: from c 2000 -; Terrorism, armed struggle

A massive New York Times bestseller- the untold true story of the fight to survive inside the twin towers on 9/11; the blackest day in living memory.

The only book on 9/11 to focus solely on the remarkable testimony of those inside the Twin Towers during the attacks.

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... 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.

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

Chance 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. Crossing a bridge of voices to go inside the infernos, seeing cataclysm and herosim one person at a time, Dwyer and Flynn tell the affecting, authoritative saga of the men and women - the 12,000 who escaped and the 2,749 who perished at Ground Zero on September 11th 2001 - as they made 102 minutes count as never before.

By: Jim Dwyer, Kevin Flynn
Imprint: Arrow Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 257g
ISBN: 9780099492566
ISBN 10: 0099492563
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 03 October 2005
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn, native New Yorkers, veteran newspaper reporters, and winners of many awards together and separately, now work at the New York Times. Dwyer is the co-author of Two Seconds Under The World, an account of the 1993 effort to knock down the World Trade Centre, and of Actual Innocence: Five Days to Execution and Other Dispatches from the Wrongly Convicted. He is also the author of Subway Lives: 24 Hours in the Life of the New York City Subway. Flynn, a special projects officer at the Times, was the newspaper's police bureau chief on September 11th 2001. He previously worked as a reporter for the New York Daily News, New York Newsday and the Stamford Advocate.

Reviews for 102 Minutes

A heart-stopping, meticulous account ... a fitting tribute to the people caught up in one of the great dramas of our time ... a cathartic release New York Times Heartbreaking and inspiring Boston Herald With its tragic and preordained conclusion, the book becomes a tearjerker in the most essential way Entertainment Weekly Writing in a way that confers dignity on each subject ... This is one book that will stay with readers for a long time People Insightful, compassionate and unrelievedley tense Baltimore Sun

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102 Minutes

Jim Dwyer, Kevin Flynn

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