The only draw back? This is abridged! Hopefully some day soon the unabridged edition of this book will come on-line. 102 Minutes is a perfect and timeless addition to my audio collection. Last September I bought the 9-11 report from Audible and I also have the audio of the Howard Stern radio show as he reports moment to moment live the events as they happened. I collect snippits of information about 9-11. This is a moving book, one of the best Ive read in a while. And moved to anger when you learn more people could of been saved if the planners had just added simple things like fire towers and more staircases, which were removed so more rentable office space could be had. You are right there with them as they fight for their lives, in the crowded, smoke filled stairwells. Finally, for the first time, the men and women are made 'real' given names, faces, glimpses into their lives, loves, hopes, and then. The authors draw you in in, painting, in painful detail, the every day events of that started out normal, but quickly turned into anything but. But it really had no impact on my day-to-day life. I watched in horror as the towers were first struck and then as the crumbeled and all I could think is oh my God. Just something on TV that impacted my life about as much as, say, something going on half way around the world. For me, and many others, the events of 9-11 while horrible and frightening, were remote. This is a very gripping and powerful story of the men and women involved in the World Trade Center atacks of September 11 2001. For me to spend money on a book, any book, that is abridged, it has to be good.

102 Minutes by Jim Dwyer