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Closure: The Untold Story of the Ground Zero Recovery Mission
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Closure: The Untold Story of the Ground Zero Recovery Mission Paperback - 2007

by Keegan, Lt. William William

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One of the four operations commanders of the World Trade Center site chronicles its evolution from September 11, 2001, through the end of operations on May 30, 2002, while telling the story of his own struggle to make peace with all that he saw there.

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  • Title Closure: The Untold Story of the Ground Zero Recovery Mission
  • Author Keegan, Lt. William William
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition UsedGood
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Touchstone Books
  • Date 2007-06-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Maps, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 4WILKM00HITK
  • ISBN 9780743296595 / 0743296591
  • Weight 0.68 lbs (0.31 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.19 x 9.17 x 0.62 in (15.72 x 23.29 x 1.57 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
    • Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
    • Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
    • Geographic Orientation: New York
    • Locality: New York, N.Y.
  • Library of Congress subjects September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001, Rescue work - New York (State) - New York
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006050041
  • Dewey Decimal Code 974.710

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Summary

On the morning of 9/11, the Port Authority Police Department was the first uniformed service to respond to the attack on the World Trade Center. When the towers collapsed, thirty-seven of its officers were killed -- the largest loss of law enforcement officers in U.S. history.

That afternoon, Lieutenant William Keegan began the work of recovery. The FDNY and NYPD had the territory, but Keegan had the map. PAPD cops could stand on top of six stories of debris and point to where a stairwell had been; they used PATH tunnels to enter "the pile" from underneath. Closure shares many never-before-told stories, including how Keegan and his officers recovered 1,000 tons of gold and silver from a secret vault to keep the Commodities Exchange from crashing; discovered what appeared to be one of the plane's black boxes; and helped raise the inspirational steel beam cross that has become the site's icon.

For nine brutal months, the men at Ground Zero wrestled with 1.8 million tons of shattered concrete, twisted steel, body parts, political pressure, and their own grief. Closure tells the unforgettable story of their sacrifice and valor, and how Keegan led the smallest of all the uniformed services at the site to become the most valuable.

Media reviews

"Only those made of something stronger than steel will fail to be deeply moved by this book."
-- Publishers Weekly

About the author

Lieutenant William Keegan, Jr., is a twenty-year veteran of the Port Authority Police Department. He was awarded the highest medal for his contribution as Operations Commander of the WTC Rescue/Recovery Teams. He was also awarded the Medal of Valor for his rescue of children trapped in an elevator during the 1993 WTC bombing. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and three daughters.

Bart Davis has written four nonfiction books, The Woman Who Can't Forget, Closure, Shooting Stars, and Holy War on the Home Front. He is a graduate of the Bronx High School of Science and Stony Brook University and holds a BA in English and an MA in social work.