I've got to get that book. I can't even imagine the horror they must have felt. What is so stunning is the number of people who showed such compassion and gentle love for their fellow man. It gives you hope.
With all these terror alerts it is making us all on edge. We have to make sure it never happens again. HBO is having that program tonight and just to re-live that day again it is going to really upset me. I go to the book stores in NYC and I see special tables for 9/11 books. I haven't bought any yet but I will probably soon. its just too upsetting still.
Have you seen the thread "102 Minutes: Fighting to live as the towers died". Awesome account from the families who got phone calls from loved ones. So many, many heros that day.
The one which got to me what the woman who called her husband to tell him she was going back up for 6 more people - she had already helped to rescue dozens. She was killed when the building collapsed, along with the 6 people she had returned to help.
These people are what America stands for - courage and compassion. We truly are the greatest nation on the face of the earth!