{"product_id":"fall-and-rise-the-story-of-9-11","title":"Fall and Rise: The Story of 9\/11","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Better and more comprehensive than any prior account. . . . Those of us who lived through those days will find the book cathartic; those rising generations who were too young to remember 9\/11, or who weren't yet born, will find it revelatory.\" -- John Farmer, senior counsel to the 9\/11 Commission and author of \u003cem\u003eThe Ground Truth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"With his rigorous research and moral clarity, Mitchell Zuckoff has provided us with an invaluable service. He has deepened our understanding of what happened on 9\/11 and recorded the voices of the victims and the survivors. What's more, he has ensured that we never forget.\" --David Grann, #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of \u003cem\u003eKillers of the Flower Moon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYears in the making, this spellbinding, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting narrative is an unforgettable portrait of 9\/11.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a 9\/11 book like no other. Masterfully weaving together multiple strands of the events in New York, at the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, \u003cem\u003eFall and Rise \u003c\/em\u003eis a mesmerizing, minute-by-minute account of that terrible day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the days and months after 9\/11, Mitchell Zuckoff, then a reporter for the \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e, wrote about the attacks, the victims, and their families. After further years of meticulous reporting, Zuckoff has filled \u003cem\u003eFall and Rise\u003c\/em\u003e with voices of the lost and the saved. The result is an utterly gripping book, filled with intimate stories of people most affected by the events of that sunny Tuesday in September: an out-of-work actor stuck in an elevator in the North Tower of the World Trade Center; the heroes aboard Flight 93 deciding to take action; a veteran trapped in the inferno in the Pentagon; the fire chief among the first on the scene in sleepy Shanksville; a team of firefighters racing to save an injured woman and themselves; and the men, women, and children flying across country to see loved ones or for work who suddenly faced terrorists bent on murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFall and Rise\u003c\/em\u003e will open new avenues of understanding for everyone who thinks they know the story of 9\/11, bringing to life--and in some cases, bringing back to life--the extraordinary ordinary people who experienced the worst day in modern American history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDestined to be a classic, \u003cem\u003eFall and Rise\u003c\/em\u003e will move, shock, inspire, and fill hearts with love and admiration for the human spirit as it triumphs in the face of horrifying events.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eZuckoff, Mitchell:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMitchell Zuckoff\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Sumner M. Redstone Professor of Narrative Studies at Boston University. He covered 9\/11 for the \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e and wrote the lead news story on the day of the attacks. Zuckoff is the author of seven previous works of nonfiction, including the number one \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003e13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi\u003c\/em\u003e, which became the basis of the Paramount Pictures movie of the same name. His earlier books also include the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestsellers \u003cem\u003eLost in Shangri-La\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFrozen in Time\u003c\/em\u003e. As a member of the \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e Spotlight Team, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting and the winner of numerous national awards. He lives outside Boston.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50557360079122,"sku":"9780062275653","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_607d0c6e-9283-494d-9d77-defb6e7042f2.jpg?v=1731780189","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/fall-and-rise-the-story-of-9-11","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}