Physical Description |
246 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm |
Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-246) |
Contents |
An Ordinary Day -- Aiming for the North Tower -- Go Up -- Déjà Vu -- A Loud Rumbling Sound -- Cloud of Darkness -- Brother Searching for Brother -- Fear at Home -- The Pile -- An Avalanche of Memories -- A Race Against Time -- Unthinkable Losses -- Family Time -- Becoming -- Saying Goodbye -- Through the Lens -- Emerging from the Ashes -- How Can I Help? -- Igniting Change -- Glowing Red -- Smoldering Embers -- The Whole World on Fire. |
Summary |
"From the first FDNY chief to respond to the 9/11 attacks, an intimate memoir and a tribute to those who died that others might live. When Chief Joe Pfeifer led his firefighters to investigate an odor of gas in downtown Manhattan on the morning of 9/11, he had no idea that his life was about to change forever. |
Subject |
Pfeifer, Joseph, 1956-
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New York (N.Y.). Fire Department.
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September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
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Fire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
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Search and rescue operations
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Heroes -- New York (State) -- New York.
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