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Closure : The Untold Story of the Ground Zero Recovery Mission by William Keegan Jr. and William Keegan (2007, Trade Paperback)
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PublisherTouchstone
ISBN-100743296591
ISBN-139780743296595
eBay Product ID (ePID)102767691
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Book TitleClosure : the Untold Story of the Ground Zero Recovery Mission
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicUnited States / State & Local / General, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Personal Memoirs, United States / 21st Century, Emergency Management
Publication Year2007
IllustratorYes
GenreTechnology & Engineering, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorWilliam Keegan Jr., William Keegan
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight12 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2006-050041
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"Only those made of something stronger than steel will fail to be deeply moved by this book."--Publishers Weekly, "A work whose tone of modest moral authority restores dignity to 'closure' itself."-- Neil Genzlinger, "The New York Times", "Only those made of something stronger than steel will fail to be deeply moved by this book." -- Publishers Weekly, "Only those made of something stronger than steel will fail to be deeply moved by this book."-- "Publishers Weekly", "A work whose tone of modest moral authority restores dignity to 'closure' itself."-- Neil Genzlinger,The New York Times, "I went to Ground Zero to meet the recovery team, expecting the worst. I came away inspired. The father of this team was Lt. Bill Keegan. . . . This slight Irish American with the face of a choirboy bore on his shoulders not only the weight of the souls of thirty-seven friends and comrades, but also the physical and psychological well-being of his men."-- Gail Sheehy, "Parade" magazine, "A work whose tone of modest moral authority restores dignity to 'closure' itself." -- Neil Genzlinger, The New York Times, "I went to Ground Zero to meet the recovery team, expecting the worst. I came away inspired. The father of this team was Lt. Bill Keegan. . . . This slight Irish American with the face of a choirboy bore on his shoulders not only the weight of the souls of thirty-seven friends and comrades, but also the physical and psychological well-being of his men." -- Gail Sheehy, Parade magazine, "I went to Ground Zero to meet the recovery team, expecting the worst. I came away inspired. The father of this team was Lt. Bill Keegan. . . . This slight Irish American with the face of a choirboy bore on his shoulders not only the weight of the souls of thirty-seven friends and comrades, but also the physical and psychological well-being of his men."-- Gail Sheehy,Parademagazine
Dewey Decimal974.7/1044
Table Of ContentContentsPrefaceChapter OneChapter TwoChapter ThreeChapter FourChapter FiveChapter SixChapter SevenChapter EightChapter NineChapter TenChapter ElevenChapter TwelveAuthor's NoteAcknowledgments
SynopsisThe first book to chronicle the cleanup of the World Trade Center site from 9/11 through its closing ceremony, told by Lieutenant William Keegan of the Port Authority Police Department--one of the four operations commanders at the site--as he comes to his own closure with the tragedy. On the morning of 9/11, the Port Authority Police Department was the first uniformed service to respond to the attack on the World Trade Center. When the towers collapsed, thirty-seven of its officers were killed--the largest loss of law enforcement officers in U.S. history. That afternoon, Lieutenant William Keegan began the work of recovery. The FDNY and NYPD had the territory, but Keegan had the map. PAPD cops could stand on top of six stories of debris and point to where a stairwell had been; they used PATH tunnels to enter "the pile" from underneath. Closure shares many never-before-told stories, including how Keegan and his officers recovered one-thousand tons of gold and silver from a secret vault to keep the Commodities Exchange from crashing; discovered what appeared to be one of the plane's black boxes; and helped raise the inspirational steel beam cross that has become the site's icon. For nine brutal months, the men at Ground Zero wrestled with 1.8 million tons of shattered concrete, twisted steel, body parts, political pressure, and their own grief. Closure tells the unforgettable story of their sacrifice and valor, and how Keegan led the smallest of all the uniformed services at the site to become the most valuable., On the morning of 9/11, the Port Authority Police Department was the first uniformed service to respond to the attack on the World Trade Center. When the towers collapsed, thirty-seven of its officers were killed -- the largest loss of law enforcement officers in U.S. history. That afternoon, Lieutenant William Keegan began the work of recovery. The FDNY and NYPD had the territory, but Keegan had the map. PAPD cops could stand on top of six stories of debris and point to where a stairwell had been; they used PATH tunnels to enter "the pile" from underneath. Closure shares many never-before-told stories, including how Keegan and his officers recovered 1,000 tons of gold and silver from a secret vault to keep the Commodities Exchange from crashing; discovered what appeared to be one of the plane's black boxes; and helped raise the inspirational steel beam cross that has become the site's icon. For nine brutal months, the men at Ground Zero wrestled with 1.8 million tons of shattered concrete, twisted steel, body parts, political pressure, and their own grief. Closure tells the unforgettable story of their sacrifice and valor, and how Keegan led the smallest of all the uniformed services at the site to become the most valuable., One of the four operations commanders of the World Trade Center site chronicles its evolution from September 11, 2001, through the end of operations on May 30, 2002, while telling the story of his own struggle to make peace with all that he saw there.
LC Classification NumberHV6432.7.K44 2006
As told toDavis, Bart
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