Above Hallowed Ground: A Photographic Record of September 11, 2001 by New York City Police Department, Christopher Sweet (Editor), David Fitzpatrick, Daniel Fitzpatrick, New York Police Department Staff (Photographer)

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Detective Dave Fitzpatrick was driving to work when heard the news on his car radio of the attack on the World Trade Center. He boarded a police helicopter at Floyd Bennett Field, and within minutes, Fitzpatrick and his colleagues were in the skies almost alone: Air traffic around the country had been grounded. In a situation both breathtaking and surreal, the lone photographer snapped aerial shots of the Twin Towers' collapse. This pictorial brings together 278 images that Detective Fitzpatrick took that day and subsequently at the devastated terrain of Ground Zero.

From the Publisher

"On the morning of September 11th, a new kind of horror shook the world. Terrorists crashed two passenger airliners into the World Trade Center in the worst attack on U.S. soil in the nation's history. But at the same time a new generation of heroes rose up to fight it. This book chronicles not only the devastation of that day, but also the valor and heroism of those who saved thousands of lives." Not one of these photographs has been published before. On top of that, these images offer a vantage point no ordinary photographers could obtain: They were taken by members of the New York City Police Department, uniformed and civilian, who were on the scene moments after the first plane hit and who were behind the scenes during the entire rescue and recovery effort.

School Library Journal

Adult/High School-One of the better photographic remembrances of the World Trade Center disaster. None of these color photos have heretofore been published and many depict scenes or were taken from positions that were off-limits to commercial or amateur photographers. Particularly breathtaking are those taken by Dave Fitzpatrick, an off-duty detective who rushed to board a police helicopter that morning and spent the remainder of the day taking thousands of photographs "that became the only aerial views of the devastation and early rescue efforts." The photos are chronologically arranged, beginning minutes after the first plane hit the North Tower, continuing through the succeeding days of search-and-rescue operations, and culminating with the cleanup. Many are full page and there are at least a dozen spreads. As a "photographic record," this coffee-table-sized book documents a historic event, confirming, for example, why no rooftop rescues were possible and the extent of the damage to the entire area now known as Ground Zero. It also stands as a tribute to the public-safety employees, construction workers, and volunteers who worked side by side throughout a horrific ordeal. The book is dedicated to the 23 members of the NYPD who were lost that day and to their families.-Dori DeSpain, Fairfax County Public Library, VA Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

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