"Never forget!" Recommended reading on 9/11
Hereâs a collection of what I consider the best writing on 9/11 available online today. Feel free to add your own nominees in the comments section.
Eyewitness accounts and immediate reactions
Daniel Henninger, "I saw it all. Then I saw nothing." Wall Street Journal September 12, 2001
John Labriola, First-person account & Accompanying photo essay
Gedeon & Jules Naudet, 9/11 (documentary film)
John Derbyshire, "Steel and Fire and Stone" National Review Online -- written within two hours of the first attack.
James Lileks, "The Daily Bleat" 9/12/01
Peggy Noonan, "What I saw at the Devastation" Wall street Journal.
World Trade Center
Jim Dwyer, Eric Lipton, Kevin Flynn, James Glanz and Ford Fessenden. "Fighting to Live as the Towers Died" New York Times -- an incredible,
detailed reconstruction of the 102 minutes between the first attack and the final collapse.
"Mysterious âRed Bandannaâ Man Is 9/11 Hero" WNBC-TV
Mudville Gazette (weblog), "911 Remembered: Rick Rescorla was a Soldier"
Vincent Druding, "Ground Zero: a Journal" First Things
Steve Fishman, "The Miracle Survivors" New York Magazine
Bruce Springsteen, "The Rising"
Flight 93
Dennis B. Roddy, et al., "Flight 93: forty lives, one destiny" Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Dave Berry, "On Hallowed Ground." Syndicated column
Neil Young, "Letâs Roll"
General Commentary
George W. Bush , Address to a Joint Session of Congress and the American People September 20, 2001
Editorial, "Common Valor" Wall Street Journal
Rod Dreher, "The Hole in the Skyline" National Review Online
James Lileks, "The Daily Bleat" 9/13/01, 9/14/01, the week of 9/17-21/01, & 9/11/02; "9/11âs horror is as fresh as ever" (syndicated column)
Peggy Noonan, "Courage Under Fire," "What We have Learned," "Time to Put the Emotions Aside," & "A Heart, a Cross, a Flag" Wall Street Journal
Posted by: Mike 2003-09-10 |