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Book Review of Last Man Down: A Firefighter's Story of Survival and Escape from the World Trade Center

Last Man Down: A Firefighter's Story of Survival and Escape from the World Trade Center
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Helpful Score: 3


A very moving and compelling book. I could not put it down, and read it through until 4 in the morning. It is written in the first person, by the Battalion Commander of one of the first companies to respond to the WTC attack. He tells how he and several of his fellow firefighters worked to help clear civilians from Tower I before it collapsed, and how they survived the collapse, trapped in a stairwell. I wanted to go out and hug the firemen at our local firehouse when I finished this.