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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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September 11, 2001. Four hours after watching the North Tower of the World Trade Center collapse around him, FDNY Battalion Commander Richard Picciotto climbed from its burning rubble -- a survivor and a hero. This is the inspiring and harrowing account of that ordeal, told in his own words.