American lives : the stories of the men and women lost on September 11 / by the staff of Newsday and the Tribune Company ; introduction by Jimmy Breslin.

Title :

American lives : the stories of the men and women lost on September 11

Format:

Books

Summary:

Presents brief profiles of many of the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Language:

English

ISBN - ISSN:

0940159775

9780940159778

Physical Description:

ix, 245 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

General Note:

Includes index.

Contents:

Little brother, you're MVP in our hearts / column by Shaun Powell -- Last phone calls -- Love stories -- FDNY -- Lost promises -- The first into heaven / column by Dennis Duggan -- They died together -- Rescuers -- Mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers -- On the planes -- A husband is missing no more / column by Jimmy Breslin -- High finance -- New Americans -- In the Pentagon -- A man of unusual disposition / column by Paul Vitello -- Free spirits -- Tower people -- Legacies -- A faith stronger than evil / column by Jimmy Breslin.

Subject:

Victims of terrorism -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.

Victims of terrorism -- Virginia -- Arlington -- Biography.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

Victims of terrorism.

New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.

Arlington (Va.) -- Biography.

New York (State) -- New York.

Virginia -- Arlington.

Biography.

Biographies.

World Trade Center (New York, N.Y. : 1970-2001) -- Biography.

Pentagon (Va.) -- Biography.

Pentagon (Va.)

World Trade Center (New York, N.Y. : 1970-2001)

September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001)

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The men and women who perished on September 11, 2001, will forever be united by the tragic fate they shared in common. Yet each life was its own vibrant story. Here, then, are representative stories of those who died in the towers, at the Pentagon, in the planes. American Lives is both a measured remembrance and a joyous celebration.

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Publisher's Weekly Review

In light of the mass loss of September 11, many in the media have struggled to put an individual face on the tragedy. Here reporters for Newsday and other Tribune papers present brief, moving profiles of scores among the nearly 3,000 dead; the portraits form "a mosaic of American lives," writes Newsday Books editor Harvey Aronson in his preface. Newsday columnist Shaun Powell memorializes his brother, who worked at the Pentagon; others profiled include the father of a young autistic boy; a businessman who, in 1988, barely missed flying on the ill-fated Pam Am Flight 103; and a 62-year-old jazz singer working as a temp at Cantor Fitzgerald. The portraits are accompanied by a list of all the victims of September 11. (Sept. 11) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved