Of the millions of words written about September 11, 2001, most were told from the outside looking in. "New York Times" reporters Dwyer and Flynn have taken the opposite and far more revealing-approach, capturing the little-known stories of the nearly 12,000 ordinary people who took extraordinary steps to save themselves and others. They tell the dramatic and moving account of the struggle for life inside the World Trade Center on the morning of September...

A book about Engine 40, Ladder 35, one of the firehouses hardest hit in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Towers. The day is described as the men are called to duty. It also describes the culture of the firehouse itself and why fire fighters serve in so dangerous a profession.

Offers a photographic chronicle of the destruction of the World Trade Center in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and includes classic photographs of the Twin Towers taken over the twenty-five years of their existence.

Brotherhood was conceived in the immediate aftermath of the World Trade Center atrocity and the massive loss of life in the city's first line of defense against disaster, its Fire Department. More than sixty photographers, including some of the most distinguished names in the field, were asked to document all aspects of the department at this tumultuous and tragic moment in its history: the seventy FDNY locations that lost firefighters; surviving...

Every 3-11 P.M. third watch shift brings a rush of risk and fear into the lives of the brave and dedicated people who serve as police, fire fighters and paramedics. For them, keeping the New York City streets safe and answering cries for help are all in a day's work.