Wake-Up Call: the political education of a 9/11 widow
by Breitweiser, Kristen
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0446579327
- ISBN 13
- 9780446579322
- Seller
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Synopsis
Kristen Breitweiser was a happy young mother and housewife leading a privileged life. Then, on the morning of September 11th, 2001, the phone rang. It was her husband, Ron, calling from his office in the second tower."Sweets, I'm ok. I'm ok. Don't worry. It's not my building," he said.Kristen didn't know what he was saying. He told her to turn on the television. He continued."I see them. They're right there. Right across from me. And they're jumping. My God, they're jumping."The call ended abruptly and Kristen watched with horror as the second tower exploded. A huge, brilliant, red fireball. In that frozen instant, she felt in her heart that he had been killed.This is the deeply personal, often shocking and ultimately inspirational story of a woman left to pick up the pieces of a life shattered by terrorism. With no husband by her side or father for her child, Kristen had to find the strength within herself to embark on a journey that would lead first to the creation of the 9/11 Commission and then to her role as one of the country's most outspoken activists and critics of the current administration.
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000091
- Title
- Wake-Up Call: the political education of a 9/11 widow
- Author
- Breitweiser, Kristen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0446579327
- ISBN 13
- 9780446579322
- Publisher
- Warner Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- Kristen Breitweiser, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Personal narratives.
- Bookseller catalogs
- History of Terrorism;
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