Summary of Jim Dwyer & Kevin Flynn's 102 Minutes

Everest Media

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 In the law office of 1 World Trade Center, Dianne DeFontes felt something hit her in the head. It was an impact, not a bomb, but she still thought it was an explosion. On the southwest end of the 89th floor, the insurance company MetLife had 10,000 square feet of space. After the initial slam, Rob Sibarium could feel every one of those square feet tilting.
#2 The 1993 truck bomb attack on the World Trade Center did not bring cataclysm, because the towers were able to withstand the explosion. Small bombs can blow up airplanes, but that destructiveness has more to do with the altitude than the bomb itself.
#3 As the two towers were rocked by the bomb, people inside them began to realize something was wrong. The elevators had been moving strangely, and now they were stuck between floors.
#4 In the police bureau at the base, Alan Reiss heard talk of a missile having been fired from the roof of the Woolworth Building, just a couple of blocks east of the trade center. As Reiss was listening to this, a Port Authority detective, Richie Paugh, arrived.

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Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 25 juillet 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798822545861
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Jim Dwyer & Kevin Flynn's 102 Minutes
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4 Insights from Chapter 5 Insights from Chapter 6 Insights from Chapter 7 Insights from Chapter 8 Insights from Chapter 9 Insights from Chapter 10 Insights from Chapter 11 Insights from Chapter 12 Insights from Chapter 13 Insights from Chapter 14
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

In the law office of 1 World Trade Center, Dianne DeFontes felt something hit her in the head. It was an impact, not a bomb, but she still thought it was an explosion. On the southwest end of the 89th floor, the insurance company MetLife had 10,000 square feet of space. After the initial slam, Rob Sibarium could feel every one of those square feet tilting.

#2

The 1993 truck bomb attack on the World Trade Center did not bring cataclysm, because the towers were able to withstand the explosion. Small bombs can blow up airplanes, but that destructiveness has more to do with the altitude than the bomb itself.

#3

As the two towers were rocked by the bomb, people inside them began to realize something was wrong. The elevators had been moving strangely, and now they were stuck between floors.

#4

In the police bureau at the base, Alan Reiss heard talk of a missile having been fired from the roof of the Woolworth Building, just a couple of blocks east of the trade center. As Reiss was listening to this, a Port Authority detective, Richie Paugh, arrived.

#5

When Flight 11 crashed into the north side of the tower, its forward motion came to a halt. The plane was fractionalized, with chunks of it emerging from the south side of the tower. A part of the landing gear landed five blocks south. The fuel ignited and roared across the sky, as if the fuel continued to fly on course even without the plane.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The first bloom of fire on September 11, 2001, brought Michael Sheehan to his feet. He normally sat with his back to a window that overlooked the Hudson River, but now he was peering out the window. The glass was just 22 inches across, no more than the width of a magazine spread open.

#2

At 8:46 a. m. , the lights in the south tower began to flicker. It was a power waver, which could cause problems with the computer systems Richard Fern ran for Euro Brokers. He rose to investigate.

#3

The fire wardens at the trade center were Euro Brokers employees who had volunteered to clear the floor during fires or provide guidance in a crisis. They were a human measure meant to make up for what the Fire Department saw as the safety deficiencies in tall buildings.

#4

Under the Port Authority’s safety program, tenants could turn to the fire command desks in the lobbies for guidance in a crisis. These desks were staffed by fire-safety directors, positions that required training and certification.

#5

The employees of the bank had been trained on how to evacuate the building in case of an emergency. The experience had been unpleasant in 1993, but it could not be forgotten.

#6

The trade center's evacuation was quick, but not everyone remembered to bring along the evacuation pack. One floor up from Miller and Otten, Stanley Praimnath, an assistant vice president for the bank, had walked out with a woman working as a temporary assistant. They immediately caught a local elevator that took them to the 78th floor.

#7

After the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, Sandler O’Neill Partners moved their offices to the 104th floor of the south tower. On September 11, seventeen of their employees left immediately, thinking that the problem was in the other building.

#8

In Wall Street, similar conversations were happening at Keefe, Bruyette Woods, a small firm similar to Sandler O’Neill. The board was having merger talks with Banque Nationale de Paris/Paribas, and the deal seemed to have fallen through.

#9

The decision to go or stay was made one at a time across two floors of KBW.