Firefight: Inside the Battle to Save the Pentagon on 9/11 - Rilegato

Creed, Patrick; Newman, Rick

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ISBN 10: 0891419055 ISBN 13: 9780891419051

Casa editrice: Presidio Pr, 2008

Riassunto

Describes the epic struggle of firefighters, as well as police, first responders, and others, to battle the fierce fires that threatened to consume the Pentagon in the wake of the terrorist attack on September 11th and reveals how close the attack came to destroying a major communications center within the structure and costing many more lives. 30,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

Firefight is a gripping human drama and a powerful story-not to mention a significant addition to the annals of American history. --David Morrell

Overshadowed by the calamity in New York, the attack on the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, was nonetheless a day of extraordinary drama, heroism, and tragedy. With riveting detail and a compelling narrative, Patrick Creed and Rick Newman have done a superb job in 'Firefight' of capturing the courage, chaos, and sacrifice of that remarkable day. --Steve Vogel, author of The Pentagon: A History

Firefight presents a different view of September 11, getting into the actions and mindsets of both the firefighters and the military in Washington D.C. A powerful read. --Richard Picciotto, co-author of Last Man Down: A New York City Fire Chief and the Collapse of the World Trade Center

L'autore:

Patrick Creed is an amateur historian, volunteer firefighter, and U.S. Army Reserve officer who recently returned from a tour in Iraq as a civil affairs officer with the Army’s Special Operations Command. Creed has one son and lives in Havertown, Pennsylvania, where he is a member of Bon Air and Lansdowne Fire companies.

Rick Newman is an award-winning journalist and staff writer for U.S. News & World Report. He has also written for The Washington Post and many other publications, and is the co-author of Bury Us Upside Down: The Misty Pilots and the Secret Battle for the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Newman has two children and lives in Westchester County, New York.

www.rickjnewman.com

www.firefightthebook.com

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• Editore: Presidio Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0891419055
• ISBN 13: 9780891419051
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 486