Review: A Great Read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 26, 2014
Wonderful book. Will is a fireman on 9/11 in New York when the towers were attached. He is helping people down the stairs when he stops to help a man who is having trouble breathing. He has his teenage daughter with him. He is having trouble with his oxygen and he asks Will to please see to it his daughter gets out and he will follow shortly. Will sees the pleading look in his eyes and he takes his daughter who has a broken leg and leads her to safety. After they get about two blocks away he finds a policeman and gives her over to him. She pleads with Will not to leave her but he wants to get back to the towers. Just about then the towers fall and she knows her dad will not get out. Years later Will is fighting a fire and he has a roof fall on him and he gets third degree burns on his arm. He winds up in the burn unit of the hospital where he meets Gabby. She is a burn unit nurse and she will be changing his bandages every morning and afternoon. They become friends over the course of his long stay in hospital. He knows Gabby is having some problems at home but he never asks her about them. She lives with her boyfriend, Evan, and when he drinks he gets violent. He grabs her and pushes her one night and she tells him they are finished and when she finds a place she can afford she will move. This goes on for awhile and after Will is released they start spending more time together and become best friends. Will uses women for what he wants and thats all. He respects Gabby and treats her special. Evan gets drunk again and punches Gabby and she flees to Will's apartment. He moves her in with him and they remain just best friends. There is a lot more to this story but you will have to read it to find out. Very good read