New York Times reporters Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn rely on hundreds of interviews thousands of pages of oral histories and phone, e-mail, and emergency radio transcripts. Over the next 102 minutes, each would become part of a drama for the ages, one witnessed only by the people who lived it - until now. At 8:46 AM on September 11, 2001, 14,000 people were inside the twin towers - reading e-mails, making trades, eating croissants at Windows on the World. They tell the dramatic and moving account of the struggle for life inside the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, when every minute counted.

'New York Times' reporters Dwyer and Flynn have taken the opposite and far more revealing-approach, capturing the little-known stories of the nearly 12,000 ordinary people who took extraordinary steps to save themselves and others. Of the millions of words written about September 11, 2001, most were told from the outside looking in. New York Times reporters Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn draw on hundreds of interviews with rescuers and survivors, thousands of pages of oral histories, and countless phone, e-mail, and emergency radio transcripts to tell the story of September 11 from the inside looking out.ĭwyer and Flynn have woven an epic and unforgettable account of the struggle, determination, and grace of the ordinary men and women who made 102 minutes count as never before.ġ02 Minutes is a 2005 National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction.'It's a bomb, let's get out of here.' - 'It's going to be the top story of the day.' - 'Mom, I'm not calling to chat.' - 'We have no communication established up there yet.' - 'Should we be staying here, or should we evacuate?' - 'Get away from the door!' - 'If the conditions warrant on your floor, you may wish to start an orderly evacuation.' - 'You can't go this way.' - 'The doors are locked.' - 'I've got a second wind.' - 'I'm staying with my friend.' - 'Tell the chief what you just told me.' - 'We'll come down in a few minutes.' - 'You don't understand.' Of the millions of words written about this wrenching day, most were told from the outside looking in. that morning, fourteen thouosand people were inside the World Trade Center just starting their workdays, but over the next 102 minutes, each would become part of a drama for the ages. Hailed upon publication as an instant classic, the critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller and National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction is now available in a revised edition to honor the anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001.Īt 8:46 a.m. Searing, poignant, and utterly compelling.'-Rick Atkinson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of An Army at Dawn ' 102 Minutes does for the September 11 catastrophe what Walter Lord did for the Titanic in his masterpiece, A Night to Remember.

102 Minutes by Jim Dwyer