102 Minutes

The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers

By: Jim Dwyer, Kevin Flynn

Narrated by: Ron McClarty

The dramatic and moving account of the struggle for life inside the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, when every minute counted.

At 8:46 AM on September 11, 2001, 14,000 people were inside the twin towers -- reading e-mails, making trades, eating croissants at Windows on the World. Over the next 102 minutes, each would become part of a drama for the ages, one witnessed only by the people who lived it -- until now.

New York Times reporters Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn rely on hundreds of interviews; thousands of pages of oral histories; and phone, e-mail, and emergency radio transcripts. They cross a bridge of voices to go inside the infernos, seeing cataclysm and heroism, one person at a time, to tell the affecting, authoritative saga of the men and women -- the 12,000 who escaped and the 2,749 who perished -- who made 102 minutes count as never before.

Read by Ron McLarty

A Thoughtful Memory

Published in 2006, this book takes us back to 9/11/01 and thoughtfully retells the story contained in that day. Those of us who experienced 9/22 and the death of JFK have benefited by the perspective provided by a number of books appearing since. Those younger and older will be well served by listening to this book. The focus is on telling the story through the lives and experiences of those who were present and fighting for their lives on that morning.

Well read, great writing, and worth the time for those who are interested in the topic, the era, the circumstances.

A

first and only book I've listened to about that horrible day. I choked up a few times. I remember that day like so many other Americans do vividly.. like Pearl Harbor we can never let the enemy in again. I fear with the currant president we are more than vulnerable again.
Ron McLarty is great at narration I have a lot of books he narrates. although this is the first true documentary book.

Insightful

This book provides an insightful look into a tragedy. There were so many situational flaws that day, whether it was from construction of the 1960s, poor communication, or other things that it makes the situation even more tragic.

learned a bunch

I thought I had a general ideal of what went on 9/11. if these accounts are accurate I was so far off. amazingly informative. the only thing that I did not like was the unnecessary music in between a few of the chapters.

102 Minutes--A Review

For me to spend money on a book, any book, that is abridged, it has to be good. Such is the case with 102 Minutes. This is a very gripping and powerful story of the men and women involved in the World Trade Center atacks of September 11 2001. For me, and many others, the events of 9-11 while horrible and frightening, were remote. Just something on TV that impacted my life about as much as, say, something going on half way around the world. I watched in horror as the towers were first struck and then as the crumbeled and all I could think is oh my God. This is bad. But it really had no impact on my day-to-day life. That is, until I read this book. The authors draw you in in, painting, in painful detail, the every day events of that started out normal, but quickly turned into anything but. Finally, for the first time, the men and women are made "real" given names, faces, glimpses into their lives, loves, hopes, and then... You are right there with them as they fight for their lives, in the crowded, smoke filled stairwells. You will be left brethless and shaken. And moved to anger when you learn more people could of been saved if the planners had just added simple things like fire towers and more staircases, which were removed so more rentable office space could be had. This is a moving book, one of the best Ive read in a while. I collect snippits of information about 9-11. Last September I bought the 9-11 report from Audible and I also have the audio of the Howard Stern radio show as he reports moment to moment live the events as they happened. 102 Minutes is a perfect and timeless addition to my audio collection. The only draw back? This is abridged! Hopefully some day soon the unabridged edition of this book will come on-line.