Smith, Dennis

The tenth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon is an occasion sure to be observed around the world. But among the memorials, political speeches, and news editorials, the most pressing consideration--and often the most overlooked--is the lives and well-being of the 9/11 first responders, their families, and the victims' families over the past decade.

Presents a comprehensive account of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the fires that burned for three days afterward killing over three thousand people and destroying twenty-eight thousand buildings, and traces the experiences of those who lived through it.

In this account of the 2001 rescue efforts at the World Trade Center, retired New York City firefighter Dennis Smith gives a remarkable eyewitness account of perhaps the most heroic and desperate collaborative disaster effort in recent history.

Reliable fire engine Number Four, retired in favor of new equipment, saves the day when the biggest fire the city has ever seen gets out of control.