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Nine months at Ground Zero : the story of the brotherhood of workers who took on a job like no other

Author: Glenn Stout; Charles Vitchers; Robert Gray
Publisher: New York : Scribner, ©2006.
Edition/Format:  Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Offers a compelling narrative about the construction workers who toiled tirelessly on the site of Ground Zero following the attack on the World Trade Center to clear away the massive piles of debris and help recover lost victims.
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Genre/Form: Nonfiction
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Glenn Stout; Charles Vitchers; Robert Gray
ISBN: 0743270401 9780743270403
OCLC Number: 64098583
Description: ix, 257 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Contents: Prologue --
The attacks --
Response --
September 12, 2001 --
Onto the pile --
The slurry wall --
The trailer --
Recovery --
Digging in --
Heroes --
The bridge --
Last column --
Epilogue.
Responsibility: Glenn Stout, Charles Vitchers, and Robert Gray.
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Offers a compelling narrative about the construction workers who toiled tirelessly on the site of Ground Zero following the attack on the World Trade Center to clear away the massive piles of debris and help recover lost victims.

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<http:\/\/experiment.worldcat.org\/entity\/work\/data\/53092335#Topic\/gruppenkohasion<\/a>> # Gruppenkoh\u00E4sion<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a \nschema:Intangible<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:name<\/a> \"Gruppenkoh\u00E4sion<\/span>\"@en<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.\n\n\n<\/div>\n
<http:\/\/id.loc.gov\/authorities\/subjects\/sh2001000147<\/a>> # September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a \nschema:Intangible<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:name<\/a> \"September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001<\/span>\"@en<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.\n\n\n<\/div>\n
<http:\/\/id.loc.gov\/authorities\/subjects\/sh2010110830<\/a>> # Rescue work--New York (State)--New York<\/span>\n\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0a \nschema:Intangible<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\nschema:name<\/a> \"Rescue work--New York (State)--New York<\/span>\"@en<\/a> ;\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0.\n\n\n<\/div>\n
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