description: In 102 The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers , New York Times writers Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn vividly recreate the 102-minute span between the moment Flight 11 hit the first Twin Tower on the morning of September 11, 2001, and the moment the second tower collapsed, all from the perspective of those inside the buildings--the 12,000 who escaped, and the 2,749 who did not. It's becoming easier, years later, to forget the profound, visceral responses the Trade Center attacks evoked in the days and weeks following September 11. Using hundreds of interviews, countless transcripts of radio and phone communications, and exhaustive research, Dwyer and Flynn bring that flood of responses back--from heartbreak to bewilderment to fury. The randomness of death and survival is heartbreaking. One man, in the second tower, survived because he bolted from his desk the moment he heard the first plane hit; another, who stayed at his desk on the 97th floor, called his wife in his final moments to tell her to cancel a surprise trip he had planned. In many cases, the deaths of those who survived the initial attacks but were killed by the collapse of the towers were tragically avoidable. Building code exemptions, communication breakdowns between firefighters and police, and policies put in place by building management to keep everyone inside the towers in emergencies led, the authors argue, to the deaths of hundreds who might otherwise have survived. September 11 is by now both familiar and nearly mythological. Dwyer and Flynn's accomplishment is recounting that day's events in a style that is stirring, thorough, and refreshingly understated. --Erica C. Barnett
language: French
title: 102 MINUTES - LE RECIT DU COMBAT POUR LA SURVIE DANS LES TWIN TOWERS LE 11 SEPTEMBRE 2001
titlecomplete: 102 MINUTES - LE RECIT DU COMBAT POUR LA SURVIE DANS LES TWIN TOWERS LE 11 SEPTEMBRE 2001
genres: True Crime, Audiobook, Nonfiction, American History, Biography, War, Survival, History, Historical, Terrorism
ratings_count: 10649
places: New York (State)
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Nonfiction
publisher: PRIVE