It is perhaps the single most amazing story of
9/11--the story of how 12 firefighters, three office
workers, and a Port Authority cop lived through the
devastating collapse of the North Tower, survived for
hours under half-a-million tons of debris and were
rescued when all hope seemed lost. We reveal the chain
of uncanny coincidences and bizarre events that
enabled these individuals to stay alive when so many
were dying all around them. We tell their interlocking
stories from the time they woke on 9/11, to the moment
they were finally reunited with their families. In
doing so, we also tell the bigger story of the heroic
efforts of the firefighters to save lives--and of the
2,700 men and women who never made it home.
