The Towers

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No matter how rough.

They’re the real heroes.

EX nihilo nihil fit. For this book I owe thanks to Nancy Berlage, Bobbie Berryman, Harry Black, Steve Boyer, Suzanne Brugler, Anthony Casper, Jay DeLoach, Jeanne Ellis, Richard H. Enderly, Suzanne Kettenhofen, Les Lykins, William F. Mason, Robert McFadden, Robert E. Nelson, Chuck Nygaard, Paul O’Donnell, Sarandis “Randy” Papadopoulos, Katherine Parsons, Naia Poyer, Diane Putney, Sean Riordan, Laurie Toll, David Trevino, Jennie Lew Tugend, Greg Tuorto, Curtis Utz, Judy Vann, and many others who preferred anonymity, especially those who consented to sometimes painful interviews reliving their experiences on September 11, 2001. Thanks also to Charle Ricci and Carol Vincent of the Eastern Shore Public Library, unendingly patient with my sometimes outré requests; Office of the Chief of Naval Information, both in New York and at the Pentagon; the Naval History and Heritage Command; the Office of the Historian, Office of the Secretary of Defense; the Library of Virginia; the Naval Criminal Investigative Service. My most grateful thanks to George Witte, editor of long standing; to Sally Richardson, Terra Layton, Matt Shear, and Rachel Ekstrom at St. Martin’s; and to Lenore Hart, anchor on lee shores and my North Star when skies are clear.

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