Nine Months at Ground Zero: The Story of the Brotherhood of Workers Who Took on a Job Like No Other

By Robert Gray, Charles Vitchers, Glenn Stout

Book Overview

Hours after two airplanes hit the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001, Charlie Vitchers, a construction superintendent, and Bobby Gray, a crane operator, headed downtown. They knew... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743270401
• ISBN13: 9780743270403
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Scribner
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.1" x 1.0" x 6.1"

Customer Reviews

We Owe Them a Debt

For all the crowds who were compelled to come to Ground Zero in those first traumatic months to see for themselves, pay their respects or simply offer moral support, most did not get close enough to see what these men and women who worked "The Pile" saw. Their lives will never be the same. Dedicated first and foremost to bringing home the victims, cutting a giant tangle of twisted steel and pushing compressed concrete--1.8 million tons of "debris"--the ironworkers, heavy equipment operators and other tradesmen who worked the site were heroic in their selfless determination to work fast and see the job through to the end. Reporters were not allowed inside and workers who talked to them could be fired. Unprepared for the horror they would see but pushing through, day after day to get the job done, these men and women came together in an unspoken bond which could not be breached, even by members of their own family. This is a story everyone should know. God bless them all.

We owe a debt of gratitude

The "outside world" owes a debt of gratitude to the men and women who worked hard to respectfully recover those who were killed on 9/11. This book goes a long way to bring those of use who observed from afar closer to what happened in the aftermath. The courage to step up and the morality to do what is right is imbedded in these individuals. Thank you.

9/11 HEROS & ANGELS

This book is a terrific account of the story of the recovery from the Pile to the Pit at the WTC Site. In contrast with the twisted and bitter 'American Ground' written by William Langewiesche some years ago, 'Nine Months's firsthand hand accounts from the rank and file men and women from the FDNY, NYPD and Constuction Trade show the human efforts and bursting hearts that forged those involved in the recovery into a band of brothers. Their desperate efforts and hopes again inspire us through this account. It was worth waiting for until now to hear their stories in their own words and much applause to Glenn Stout, Charlie Vitchers and Robert Gray for putting this together for the rest of us. No one should miss it.

For All Those Construction Workers Who Were "In The Pit"

Thank you Bobby, for imortalizing the experience, and heartache, of us all.

Unsung Heros

Wonderful book that captures what really went on to clear out Ground Zero and how recoveries were handled.. Charlie Vitchers is an amazing man and is so modest for all that he accomplished. He brought compassion to recovery. Without his direction and authority recovery and clear up would have been chaotic. I highly recommend this book if you want to know what really happened at Ground Zero on Sept 11, 2001