A stirring oral history capturing America's most tragic day. Edited by BlueEar.com with the collaboration of the NYU Department of Journalism and written in the voices of the survivors, witnesses and
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New York University Department of Journalism students and professors and Blue Ear editors speedily marshaled their forces after the September 11 attacks to prepare 9/11 8:48 am: Documenting America's Greatest Tragedy, an anthology of accounts by survivors, first-hand witnesses and people less directly affected.A Ugandan high school student, an airline pilot, photographers, writers and people of all stripes offer their personal, wide-ranging reactions to the tragedy.
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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"...a Product of the moment, a moment that's still not over..." -- USA Today, October 11, 2001
"It is a form of oral history consisting mostly of accounts posted online by survivors..." -- The New York Times, October 11, 2001
"This is a collection of 75 eyewitness accounts, personal recollections, on-the-ground reportage, political argument and commentaries..." -- The Today Show, October 12, 2001
"It is a form of oral history consisting mostly of accounts posted online by survivors..." -- The New York Times, October 11, 2001
"This is a collection of 75 eyewitness accounts, personal recollections, on-the-ground reportage, political argument and commentaries..." -- The Today Show, October 12, 2001
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This review is from: 09/11 8:48 am: Documenting America's Greatest Tragedy (Paperback)
I EXPECTED TO HEAR MORE STORIES FROM ACTUAL SURVIVORS AND EYEWITNESSES WHO WERE THERE! MOST OF THE STORIES ARE OF WHAT PEOPLE WERE FEELING HOURS AND DAYS AFTER THE ATTACKS. I CAN PRETTY MUCH SAY, LIVING 75 MILES AWAY FROM NYC, I WAS FEELING AND EXPERIENCING THE SAME THOUGHTS! THE STORY "TIME WAS LIKE YEARS" WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE IT PUT YOU IN THE WORLD TRADE CENTER AFTER THE PLANES HIT AND YOU COULD ALMOST FEEL WHAT THIS PERSON WAS GOING THROUGH. ....
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