Two Seconds Under the World

By Jim Dwyer, Deidre Murphy, Jim Dwyer

Book Overview

"AN IMPORTANT BOOK...[THAT] TELLS US WHY ATTENTION MUST BE PAID." --New York Newsday At 12:17 p.m. on February 26, 1993, a 1,500 pound bomb tore into the underbelly of New York City's World Trade Center. Six people were killed, numerous others injured, the city's economy traumatized. The blast took just two seconds, but in that instant America's sense of security was destroyed forever. Now, for the first time ever, here is the complete, authoritative, inside story of the conspiracy and its origins, the bombing and its aftermath. Written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists who first broke much of the story, TWO SECONDS UNDER THE WORLD reveals, in a vivid and gripping narrative, just how vulnerable America remains to terrorist attack... * The internal squabbles that may have prevented the FBI from catching the fanatics before they had a chance to act * How the bombers nearly succeeded in actually knocking down the Twin Towers * A shocking examination of just how close the plotters came to destroying numerous other targets, including the Statue of Liberty and the United Nations * How the one man alleged to have headed the conspiracy may well escape conviction "[A] FAST-PACED NARRATIVE." --Publishers Weekly

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345386418
• ISBN13: 9780345386410
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Best background book on 9/11

If you want to understand the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, READ THIS BOOK. If any debate over 9/11 does not connect the dots to the first World trade Center bombing on February 26, 1993, it probably is not worth having.