Many young people who will be reading this book do not have any memories of September 11, 2001. Nineteen terrorists "hijacked four U.S. passenger planes that morning" unleashing "a wave of death, injury, destruction, and fear." The first plane struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center, the second hit the South Tower, the third hit the Pentagon and the "fourth crashed in a field in Pennsylvania." It sent the nation into a panic, the likes of which hadn't been seen since Pearl Harbor. After the attacks, the consensus of opinion was that the perpetrators "of the horrific attacks were believed to be members of al-Qaeda led by Osama bin Laden.
In this very sobering book you will read about a brief history of the Twin Towers, how the teams of terrorists hijacked the planes, how the towers were hit, the strike on the Pentagon, the fight on United Airlines Flight 93, casualty statistics on the planes, the rescue operations (NYPD, FDNY, PAPD), the evacuation attempts, the people who chose to jump from the towers, the rescue operations, the fall of the towers, the destruction at the Pentagon, the military response to the attacks, President Bush's actions, the "creation of the Department of Homeland Security," The Patriot Act, the anthrax attacks, Iraq, the Al-Qaeda history, the Gulf War and more. There are many transcriptions of emails and telephone calls from the Twin Towers and the planes.
This book is based on several primary research sources. The "key to symbols" in the front of the book lets the student know where the information was drawn from. Sources include film excerpts, government documents, interview/book extracts, songs/poems, letters, newspaper articles, official speeches, plaques/inscriptions, telegram, telephone conversations and e-mails. These keys are also located along the bottom page edges for convenience. This is a very graphic history and does not attempt to gloss over any material. There are numerous sidebars, time lines and the book is peppered with photographs. In the back of the book there is an index, a glossary and biographies of major figures accompanied by a photograph. This is an excellent stepping stone for any student attempting to write a report on the events of 9/11.
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