Strong of Heart
by Von Essen, ThomasEdition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-08-06
Publisher(s): Regan Books
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Summary
In this moving memoir, New York City's 30th Fire Commissioner, who helped lead the city through the 9/11 attack, revisits the tragic event and the trajectory of his career that led him to the helm of the FDNY.
Author Biography
Thomas Von Essen served as the Thirtieth Fire Commissioner of New York City from April 1996 to December 31, 2001. Before becoming fire commissioner, he spent nearly three years as president of the Uniformed Firefighters Association, the largest firefighters union in the nation. Von Essen joined the fire department in 1970 and was assigned to Ladder 42 in the Bronx, where he spent most of his firefighting career. Currently, Von Essen is a senior vice president at Giuliani Partners LLC, a New York consulting firm headed by former mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani. He lives in Manhattan with his wife, Rita Matt Murray is a senior special writer at the Wall Street Journal and the author of The Father and the Son: My Father's Journey into the Monastic Life. He lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| Foreword | p. xiii |
| Prologue: Sunday, January 6, 2002 | p. 1 |
| This is War | |
| Can You Talk About the Loss? | p. 11 |
| Is That a Cloud? | p. 15 |
| These Buildings Can Collapse | p. 21 |
| The Whole Tower Came Down | p. 27 |
| From Box Cutters to All This | p. 37 |
| This Is the Taste of Death | p. 43 |
| Could Anyone Really Be Alive in There? | p. 51 |
| Will Determination Be Enough? | p. 57 |
| A Firefighter at Heart | |
| To the Firehouse Door | p. 63 |
| The Source of the Fire | p. 75 |
| La Casa del Elefante | p. 87 |
| The Union Politics Were a Killer | p. 99 |
| A Gamble Pays Off | p. 111 |
| The City's Thirtieth Fire Commissioner | p. 123 |
| Saints and Sinners | p. 135 |
| The Atlantic Avenue Fire | p. 145 |
| Don't You Give Up | p. 153 |
| It's Either Outstanding or Unacceptable | p. 163 |
| The Father's Day Fire | p. 179 |
| Be Not Afraid | |
| September 12 | p. 195 |
| A Lift from the President | p. 211 |
| This Isn't Your Fault | p. 219 |
| At All Ranks, We Are Vulnerable | p. 223 |
| Recovery Efforts | p. 235 |
| Emotions Are Very, Very High | p. 251 |
| Don't Say It ... They Aren't Ready | p. 261 |
| You Can Always Be Called | p. 275 |
| A Silent and Solemn Good-bye: The Site, May 30, 2002 | p. 287 |
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