Jamie and Jake have a beautiful 4 year old daughter, Sierra. Jake is a firefighter for FDNY. On Sundays, Jake and Sierra go to church together and pray together. Jake reads his bible daily and updates his journal as he reads the bible. Jamie, who was once a believer, lost both her parents in a car crash, and since then, lost her faith in God.
Laura and Eric have 8 year old son, Josh. They live in a California. Eric is an over-achiever at work and never has a moment to spend with his family. Laura is a doting wife he is tired of trying to make her relationship with her husband, who is like a stranger living in her house, work.
On a day in Eric had an important business meeting in New York City. September 11, 2001, Eric is working on the 61st floor of the South Tower, when he sees a plane flying too low, and then crashing into the North World Trade Center. Shortly after, he is alerted that their building is on fire on a higher floor and they need to evacuate the building.
Jake's unit is called, along with all other New York units to run to the World Trade Centers and control the erratic plane and fires. Jake's unit is assigned to run up and clear all floors up to the 64th floor. On Jake's trek up the floors, he runs into a stranger, Eric, and helps him up. Eric and Jake stared at each other, and it was as if they are looking in the mirror; they could have been twins! Eric saw Jake's helmet with a picture and name, Sierra written on it. Jake continued up and Eric continued to the ground. Shortly after, we all know what happens: the towers collapse.
Laura and Jamie see this on the news and immediately start calling everyone they can to get in contact with their husbands. As the women live through the moments of this day and the following days, we read through their struggles and turmoil of dealing with their tragedies.
I rate this a 5 of 5. wow this is an intense book. It definitely opened my eyes to some of the moments that happened on this terrible day that we don't think about. The family.
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