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In this first book-length account of the rescue efforts at the World Trade Center, retired New York City firefighter Dennis Smith provides remarkable eyewitness account of perhaps the most heroic and desperate collaborative disaster effort in recent history. Smith arrived on the scene soon after the attacks on September 11 and stayed for weeks. He stretched hoses, found bodies, and talked with police, firefighters, and emergency staff who had rushed downtown to confront a spectacle no rescue worker had ever faced before.
In Report from Ground Zero, Smith gives us the stories of some of the 343 firefighters who have been reported missing or dead, including; Captain Pat Brown from Ladder Company 3, who was an individual friend; a father and son; the department's beloved chaplain; commanders; rookies; and entire companies which were lost. Smith pays tribute to the a large number of police and emergency staff who dies, as well as those who undertook an urgent search and rescue mission and, finally, the grim and intimidating task of massive tidy up.
Smith's rare mixture of superb writing skills and up-close firefighting experience drop us into the psyche of the firefighter, which sheds light on what would make someone rush into a flaming building: it's called heroism.
