Tower Stories An Oral History of 9/11

Including follow-up interviews which track contributors' lives since 9/11, as well as never-before-published photographs, this expanded second edition of a literary time capsule preserves a monumental tragedy in American history through the voices of the people who were in Lower Manhattan and elsewhere in New York at the time of the attack. The diverse stories chronicled here include a small group of people who made it safely down from the 89th floor of Tower 1, a paramedic who set up a triage area 200 yards from the base of the towers before they collapsed, and ordinary citizens trying to get on with their lives in the days following the tragic event. Voices represented include police, firefighters, paramedics, reporters, volunteers, eyewitnesses, the bereaved of 9/11, World Trade Center structural engineers, political experts, political dissidents, and children who witnessed the events.

Damon DiMarco is the author of the oral-history collection Heart of War: Soldier's Voices from the Front Lines of Iraq and the coauthor of Out of Bounds and Esper on Meisner. He teaches in the Theatre Arts department of Drew University. He lives in New York City. Thomas Kean is the chairman of the 9/11 Commission and the former governor of New Jersey. He lives in Bedminster Township, New Jersey.