Time is already putting the events of 9/11 further behind us, allowing the swirl of history to envelope them and make them part of the past. When that happens, that day will become a transgression of facts that end in a violent climax. This book preserves the immediacy of America's response to the horrors of September 11th and its aftermath. Firefighters, politicians, Muslim-Americans, New Yorkers, and Ground Zero workers are just some of the voices represented here. As primary source reports, the pieces chronicle the infamous day as it happened.