Walsh, Jody King, 388–89
Warchola, Mike, 406, 411–12, 415, 416, 459
Ward, Marion, 368, 369
War Department, U.S., 307
Washington, D.C., 14, 15, 20, 28, 30, 63, 97, 106, 108, 134, 171, 307–8
evacuations, 170
Pentagon attack, 144–46, 156, 160, 162, 170, 180, 183, 184, 307–28
as target of al-Qaeda, 134–48, 156, 160–62, 170, 174, 178, 180, 183–85, 188
Washington Center, 106, 141–42, 182–83
Washingtonian magazine, 14
Washington Journal, 14
Washington Monument, 170
Washington Post, 5, 16, 377
watchlists, terrorist, 27, 132
Watson, Shelley, 70–71, 182–83
Webb, Tracy, 312, 364–65, 368, 373, 442
wedding rings, 395, 432–33, 455
Weehawken, New Jersey, 232
Weill Cornell Medical Center, 422, 447
Weinstein, Gilbert, 241
Weiss, Dave, 256, 459
Welsh, Deborah, 115, 152, 188
Werth, John, 150–57, 171
Westfield America, 197
West Side Highway, 410
West Street, 243, 255, 256, 292, 349, 351, 353, 399, 417
White Gate Farm, 11, 435
White House, 27, 136
evacuation of, 170
press corps, 139
as target of al-Qaeda, 136, 142–43, 174, 178, 183, 188
Whittington, Leslie, 98–99, 145
Wien, Lawrence, 221
Williams, Candace Lee, 34
Williams, Christine, 311, 319, 320, 325, 327, 363
Williams, Dwayne, 442
Williams, Kenneth, 132–33
Wills, Kirk, 211, 212, 213, 372, 373
Wills, Marilyn, 211–13, 311–13, 321–22, 325–27, 363–65, 367–73
post-9/11 life, 441–42
Wills, Percilla, 212, 372
Wills, Portia, 212, 372
Windows on the World, 219, 225, 237, 257
window washers, 303, 332
Woodhall Hospital, 402
Woodward, Michael, 32, 33, 44, 67, 75–78, 235
Woolworth Building, 290
Workman, Steve, 376
World Trade Center, xx, 4, 25, 119
al-Qaeda plans attacks on, 25–30, 110
bathtub, 225
Building Code, 223–24
central core, 222, 223
communication failures, 259–65, 269–73, 306, 331–33, 359–61, 405, 443
Concourse, 225, 335, 346, 353, 354–55
construction of, 114, 208, 220–25, 254, 276
day before attacks, 193–208
design, 221–23, 237–38
dust cloud after tower collapse, 343–44, 354–59, 408–9
fireproofing and susceptibility, 223–24, 226, 238, 276
ground level chaos, 346–61, 399–410, 416
hours before plane crash, 219–35
iconography, 225–26
immediate aftermath of North Tower attack, 236–65, 266–75, 289–306, 346–61
immediate aftermath of South Tower attack, 274–88, 329–41
lease to private firms, 196–97, 234
lock release order, 306
1993 bombing, 4, 25, 86, 196, 202, 205, 220, 226, 240, 245, 247, 248, 252, 259, 263, 268, 270, 272, 290, 296, 299, 332, 353, 404, 431
North Tower collapse, 408–10
North Tower hit by plane, 79–80, 83, 85–86, 95–96, 236–39, 266–68
occupancy, 224–26
plaza, 225, 237, 263, 334
remain-in-place order, 269–73, 277, 299–300, 333
repeater system, 259–60
roof access, 260, 306, 332
sky lobby, 223
South Tower collapse, 341–45, 346, 354–60, 387, 398, 404, 449
South Tower hit by plane, 91, 96, 103, 108, 121, 123, 130, 132, 134, 138, 160, 265, 274–75, 293
swaying in the wind, 223
See also specific buildings
World War II, 93, 322
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 233
Wright, Lawrence, The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, xxii–xxiii
written messages, from trapped workers, 237, 279
Yamasaki, Minoru, 222
Yamnicky, John, Sr., 101
Yang, Shuying, 99, 145
Yates, John, 313, 326, 363, 364, 365, 373, 441
post-9/11 life, 441, 442–43
Yellow Ribbon Fund, 439
Yemen, 2, 3
1992 hotel attack, 2
York, Kevin, 284, 330, 450
Young, Chris, 199–201, 228–29, 235, 247–48, 257, 294, 302–4, 350–52, 408–9
elevator escape, 398–400
post-9/11, 448–49
Young, Ling, 277, 337
Yousef, Ramzi, 25, 137
Zalewski, Peter, 45–48, 50, 60, 63–65, 75, 76, 81
Zelmanowitz, Abe, 361
Zheng, Yugang, 99, 145
Zuccala, Joseph, 271, 279, 450
Zuckoff, Mitchell, “Six Lives,” xx–xxi, xxiii
About the Author
Mitchell Zuckoff is the Sumner M. Redstone Professor of Narrative Studies at Boston University. He covered 9/11 for the Boston Globe 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 New York Times bestseller 13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi, which became the basis of the Paramount Pictures movie of the same name. As a member of the Boston Globe Spotlight Team, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting and the winner of numerous national awards. He lives outside Boston.
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