Report from Ground Zero by Dennis Smith (2003-03-03)

Dennis Smith

Plume Books

Barrington Moore: Violence, Morality and Political Change [Contemporary Social Theory: Theoretical Traditions in the Social Sciences Series]

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

The Macmillan Press Ltd.

The Chicago school: A liberal critique of capitalism (Contemporary social theory. Theoretical traditions in the social sciences)

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

Naked Feet of Nicaragua

Nicholas Cole and

Travel

Hodder & Stoughton Religious Division

Aran Islands: A Personal Journey

Europe

DOUBLEDAY

September 11th changed the face of America, but it also revealed the true face of heroism. The men of the New York Fire Department fought with courage and endurance to save others. This is their story, told by a veteran firefighter.

Report from Ground Zero

Politics & Government

A Song for Mary: An Irish-American Memory

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Oxmoor House

Report from Ground Zero: The Story of the Rescue Efforts at the World Trade Center

Dennis Smith has been called "the Poet Laureate of Firefighters" by the New York Post, and when his book "Report from Engine Company 82" was published it was hailed for being by a working fireman on the front line of a South Bronx firehouse that was the world's busiest at that time. When disaster struck in downtown Manhattan on September 11th, 2001, Dennis Smith was among the first to arrive on the scene, and in spite of being 60 years old and long retired, he was an active participant in the doomed rescue attempts at Ground Zero for several weeks. This title is the insider's account of the heroic activities of the firefighters, police and emergency workers who rushed to downtown New York to face the greatest challenge of their lives. In all, 343 firefighters were reported missing or were identified among the dead. Entire companies were lost. Among the dead were a father and son; the department's beloved chaplain; commanders and rookies. Smith tells their stories, the camaraderie in their companies, their families, and the massive recovery efforts that were undertaken in the days following the catastrophe. In a time when the world is still trying to come to terms with the horror of what happened, the courage and fortitude in the face of enormous personal danger and bereavement of the firefighters and other rescue workers offers a beacon of hope, a promise of redemption.

Transworld Pub

An old fire engine, unused for many years, is pressed into service once again during the biggest fire the city has ever seen.

The little fire engine (that saved the city)

Windmill Books/Simon & Schuster

Report from Engine Co. 82

<p>Dennis Smith is a member of the busiest engine company in New York, one that averages 700 call a month. His firehouse is in the South Bronx, a community with more homicides, more drug traffic, and more prostitution per square mile than anywhere else in the United States. In Report From Engine Co. 82, Smith recreates a fireman's life as it has never before appeared in print. With him you climb the ladders into burning buildings, crawl Indian-fashion down treacherous halls through poisonous black smoke, knowing that the ceiling may fall or the floor collapse or a hidden explosive ignite. Alongside him, you watch friends die - and see lives saved with bare and blistered hands. Firemen never know what they'll meet when they respond to an alarm - a fire, a family quarrel, a hold-up, a homicide. Whatever the emergency, the fireman is prepared to handle it.</p>

Report From Engine Co. 82

Children's Books

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