Any 9/11 book to me, regardless of how long time has passed since the towers collapsed, will always give me goosebumps and bring me back to the day I first found out what happened while I was in my 8th grade history class. The stories and re tellings never get old, never get less sad. The only thing that I’m always left with aside from extreme overwhelming grief is questions, so many unanswered questions. This book goes more into a detailed timeline starting right from the beginning with numerous interviews. It’s lengthy and very heavy to read.

Gutwrenching book. I am not sure why I'm such a glutton for punishment, having read so many books about 9/11, but here we are. I recently finished The Only Plane in the Sky and went on a little binger of reading several other books related. This one was really good and interesting, and definitely deserves more hype than it's getting.

Thanks to NetGalley and PublicAffairs for an advance copy!

Quick and dirty review:

My god, this is incredibly detailed. I can’t imagine the amount of research that went into this.

I honestly had some trouble keeping up, it was just SO detailed. Down to milliseconds.

To me, this remains the worst day in American history. I can remember where I was on that day and I think this book really addresses so many important topics. I learned a lot about a subject I already feel especially when it comes to communications.

This book is a detailed timeline of events that happened on a single day, with some references to previous days and years. I don't think that there is anything here that if you have read enough about 9/11 that would be critically new, minus some fine-grain details. The 9/11 report is pretty comprehensive itself. If you are looking for a detailed play by play so to speak, this book is great. However, I found it a bit much. There are a few recent works, and undoubtedly more to come in the future, about 9/11. If you are wanting to know exactly what was going on with a certain person, this book would be the go-to.