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"The only thing Lucas loves more than football is his Uncle Benny, his dad's best friend at the fire department where they both work. Benny taught Lucas everything about football. So when Lucas's parents decide the sport is too dangerous and he needs to quit, Lucas has to talk to his biggest fan. So the next morning, Lucas takes the train to the city instead of the bus to school. It's a bright, beautiful day in New York. But just as Lucas arrives...

Nine-year-old Oskar Schell has embarked on an urgent, secret mission that will take him through the five boroughs of New York. His goal is to find the lock that matches a mysterious key that belonged to his father, who died in the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11. This seemingly impossible task will bring Oskar into contact with survivors of all sorts.

Devastated by the events of September 11, 2001, Luke Baxter has walked away from everything that mattered to him: his faith, his family, and Reagan, his only love. What Luke doesn't know is that he is about to become a father. Someone in his family discovers the truth, but she has a secret of her own -- one that will change the Baxter's lives forever

Contains an analysis of one newspaper's coverage of these incidents and their aftermath for the 12 weeks following the disaster. The first three weeks of coverage concentrated on the disaster story; the last nine weeks were dominated by the war story. The rapid shift in interest from the World Trade Center and Pentagon disasters to the military response is a bit troubling.

The immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the Word Trade Center and the Pentagon highlighted the vital role of information technology in disaster response.

This book provides a chronological account of September 11, 2001, the terrorists attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon in Washington D. C. and the hi-jacked plane that crashed in Pennsylvania,

"Sheriff's deputy Alex Brady, who still grieves his father's death on September 11, concentrates on fighting crime in Los Angeles, until the worst fire season in California history sends him in pursuit of environmental terrorists."

Brandon is visiting his dad on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 when the attack comes; Reshmina is a girl in Afghanistan who has grown up in the aftermath of that attack but dreams of peace, becoming a teacher and escaping her village and the narrow role that the Taliban believes is appropriate for women--both are struggling to survive, both changed forever by the events of 9/11.

The purpose of this research project was to explore the response of and reaction toward Muslim students on college and university campuses in the New York City region.

This study examined psychological functioning, resiliency, and posttraumatic growth three weeks after the September 11th attacks on America.