After Ground Zero

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"Mike Kelly has written a supercharged 21st century tractate on the day we all wish we could forget but never can and, he makes abundantly clear, never should. After Ground Zero is a searing global, political, legal, social, moral, and generational account of a turning point in our history, researched impressively over decades, reported with insight and humility, and told in a way that should resonate for ages." * Anthony DePalma, journalist and author of On This Ground: Hardship and Hope at the Toughest Prep School in America , and City of Dust: Illness, Arrogance, and 9/11 * "After Ground Zero by Mike Kelly is a raw, in-your-face reminder of that horrific Tuesday morning and the 25 years of pain and suffering since then. Real stories and real people who have lived with the horrors of the last 25 years. This well-orchestrated book personally brought me back to Ground Zero and the horrors that filled my memories the last two and half decades. Mike humanizes the sheer volume of pain felt by many-and the many scars that are still unhealed. Trust me: you will come out appreciating how precious life is and how vulnerable we all are." * John Feal, 9/11 responder, advocate, and author of I Will Follow You Anywhere * "MIke Kelly's fine After Ground Zero tells how 9/11 still reverberates in us a quarter century later and why we should never forget it even if we were able. One way to honor the fallen is to read this book." * Michael Daly, columnist at The Daily Beast and author of The Book of Mychal * "The Sept. 11 attacks were a quarter-century ago, and also yesterday. In After Ground Zero, Mike Kelly explores the continuing impact on workaday folks-the witnesses and the survivors, the cops and the priests, the investigators and the soldiers. This poignant book is laced with tragedy and with hope, the story not only of the horror of death but also of the resilience of life. Kelly arrived at Ground Zero on a tugboat from Jersey City just hours after the 9/11 attacks, and in a way he has never left. With a sharp eye and a compassionate heart, he explores the scars that have healed, and those that never will." * Susan Page, Washington Bureau chief, USA TODAY, and author, The Queen and Her Presidents *