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I gravitated towards this because while I didn‘t know any of the students who put this play on, I‘d only left NY 3 months before 9/11 and I did know a few Suyvesant kids who were a few years older, so I was curious to see what their theater department created from that day. In the into, the theater teacher describes designing this project as being intentionally derivative of Anna Deavere Smith‘s Fires in the Mirror,👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

Once the 3500s were pulled, all the firefighters had to pick up their Saber VHF radios again, estimated by the department and Motorola to be between 15 and 18 years old. In a war on 9/11 between terrorists armed with box cutters and fire chiefs who had to rely on runners for messages, bin Laden ended up with the low-tech edge.

(Continued)... decided at the outset that all the department could do was a search and rescue operation.

(Continued)... instincts. So some firefighters diverted people who were slowing down the evacuation of others to waiting areas. As many as 40 to 60 people were sequestered between the 12th and 20th floors of the North Tower. Some stayed there until they died.

After all these years I didn't know this story. Thanks for putting it on my radar @peaknit

#SummerSpecial #Survival

The community and humanity of Newfoundlanders during 9/11 completely touched my heart. I wished I lived in a country like that. And why can‘t we all?

Beautiful book of the genuine goodness of people. I‘m kind of in awe.

I only finished one nonfiction book this month - I am reading another that's a work in progress and might become a bail... We'll see 🙈
But this one I finished was great! Bi still beat it out for top spot because I learned a lot more from it
#readingbracket2023

If you need a good cry, give this book a listen. Highlighting the events of 9/11 and the days following for the passengers of the 38 flights that were redirected and stranded in Newfoundland, this true story exemplifies the goodness, kindness, and hope in humanity.
I already knew a lot of this story from the musical 'Come From Away' but it was nice to see an even bigger picture of the many experiences the passengers and Gander residents had