9-11 Remembrance

1) The day the world came to town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland

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The True Story Behind the Events on 9/11 that Inspired Broadway's Smash Hit Musical Come from Away, Featuring All New Material from the Author

When 38 jetliners bound for the United States were forced to land at Gander International Airport in Canada by the closing of U.S. airspace on September 11, the population of this small town on Newfoundland Island swelled from 10,300 to nearly 17,000. The citizens of Gander met the

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2) The World Trade Center remembered

3) American ground, unbuilding the World Trade Center

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Langewiesche, William

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Noted author, war correspondent, and award-winning writer for the Atlantic Monthly, William Langewiesche furnishes a riveting firsthand account of the excavation of the World Trade Center ruins following its destruction on September 11, 2001. American Ground is an inspiring look at the often contentious mixture of personalities, politics, and emotions that fueled this massive effort. It is also a testament to American ingenuity in the aftermath of...

4) Last man down: a firefighter's story of survival and escape from the World Trade Center

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Picciotto, Richard

5) City in the sky: the rise and fall of the World Trade Center

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Glanz, James

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The definitive biography of the iconic skyscrapers and the ambitions that shaped them--from their dizzying rise to their unforgettable fall More than a year after the nation began mourning the lives lost in the attacks on the World Trade Center, it became clear that something else was being mourned: the towers themselves. They were the biggest and brashest icons that New York, and possibly America, has ever produced--magnificent giants that became...

6) The terrorist trial of the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center: a headline court case

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Pellowski, Michael

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Headline court cases

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Examines the trials of Mahmoud Abouhalima, Ramzi Yousef, Mohammad Salameh, Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman, and others for their roles in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center.

7) The World Trade Center: a tribute

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Harris, Bill

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Traces the political, architectural, and financial history behind what became one of America's most celebrated monuments.

8) Investigating the attacks on the World Trade Center

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Koya, Lena

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Terrorism in the 21st century causes and effects

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The world watched in horror on September 11, 2001, when two passenger planes were flown into the World Trade Center buildings, killing nearly three thousand people. Soon after, the United States entered a war that would last many years. This book explores the events leading up to this horrific attack and the terrorist group responsible, as well as the attack itself and its long-lasting ramifications. Students will be guided in their reading with a...

9) The World Trade Center attack

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History firsthand

10) The World Trade Center bombing: terror in the towers

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Sherrow, Victoria

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American disasters

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Details the events surrounding the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center as well as the investigation and trial of those responsible for the terrorist attack.

11) Fallout: the environmental consequences of the World Trade Center collapse

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González, Juan

12) The World Trade Center

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Woog, Adam

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History's great structures

13) The World Trade Center

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Corona, Laurel

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Building history

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Discusses the history and construction of the massive World Trade Center, daily operations, and the tragic events of September 11, 2001.

14) After the World Trade Center: rethinking New York City

15) The attacks on the World Trade Center: February 26, 1993, and September 11, 2001

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Gard, Carolyn

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Terrorist attacks

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A comprehensive look at the World Trade Center towers, the 1993 bombing and the attacks of September 11, 2001 that brought them down, the terrorists involved, and America's response.

16) Battle for ground zero: inside the political struggle to rebuild the World Trade Center

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Greenspan, Elizabeth

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In the aftermath of 9/11, Americans came together in a way not seen for a generation, pledging unity to rebuild after the horrific loss of the Twin Towers. People were signing up to go to war; rescue workers were laboring to clear rubble. Instead of becoming a rallying symbol in the fight against terrorism, Ground Zero has been plagued by intense conflict and controversy from the very start. Battle for Ground Zero goes behind the scenes of this fight...

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18) Sometime lofty towers: a photographic memorial of the World Trade Center

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Rajs, Jake

19) Men of steel: the story of the family that built the World Trade Center

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Koch, Karl

20) terrorism and the media from the iran hostage cris

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