THE BESTSELLERNEW YORK TIMES
‘The farewell calls from the planes… the mounting terror of air traffic control… the mothers who knew they were witnessing their loved ones perish… From an author who’s spent 5 years reconstructing its horror, never has the story been told with such devastating, human force’Daily Mail
This is a 9/11 book like no other. Masterfully weaving together multiple strands of the events in New York, at the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, is a mesmerising, minute-by-minute account of that terrible day.Fall and Rise
In the days and months after 9/11, Mitchell Zuckoff, then a reporter for the , wrote about the attacks, the victims, and their families. After further years of meticulous reporting, Zuckoff has filled with voices of the lost and the saved. The result is an utterly gripping book, filled with intimate stories of people most affected by the events of that sunny Tuesday in September: an out-of-work actor stuck in an elevator in the North Tower of the World Trade Center; the heroes aboard Flight 93 deciding to take action; a veteran trapped in the inferno in the Pentagon; the fire chief among the first on the scene in sleepy Shanksville; a team of firefighters racing to save an injured woman and themselves; and the men, women, and children flying across country to see loved ones or for work who suddenly faced terrorists bent on murder.Boston GlobeFall and Rise
will open new avenues of understanding for everyone who thinks they know the story of 9/11, bringing to life – and in some cases, bringing back to life – the extraordinary ordinary people who experienced the worst day in modern American history.Fall and Rise
Destined to be a classic, will move, shock, inspire, and fill hearts with love and admiration for the human spirit as it triumphs in the face of horrifying events.Fall and Rise