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. New York Times reporters Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn have taken the opposite-and far more revealing-approach.

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. Dwyer & Flynn have gone to recreate the last 102 minutes of the World Trade Center the time from the first plane crashing to the collapse of the second tower. 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