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The dramatic and moving account of the struggle for life inside the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, when every minute counted.
At 8:46 AM on September 11, 2001, 14,000 people were inside the twin towers — reading e-mails, making trades, eating croissants at Windows on the World. Over the next 102 minutes, each would become part of a drama for the ages, one witnessed only by the people who lived it — until now.
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...83) Firehouse
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English
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In a tribute to the firefighters who lost their lives following the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, the author explores the lives of members of FDNY Engine 40 Ladder 25, offering a portrait of everday life in a firehouse and their courageous efforts to preserve life.
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American Girl history mysteries volume 21
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IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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In the late nineteenth century, twelve-year-old Rhoda investigates her suspicion that a wrecker may be luring ships to their destruction on the Virginia barrier island where her father is Keeper of a U.S. Lifesaving Station. Includes historical notes on the United States Life-Saving Service.
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Outdoor sports enthusiast and extreme doctor Emmanuel Cauchy reveals here for the first time the perilous rescues he's performed in the world's most terrifying and unforgiving mountain climates. Known around the world as the "vertical doctor," Emmanuel Cauchy gives stunning and terrifying accounts of his days as a rescue doctor on Mont Blanc, which rises more than 11,000 feet in the Alps along the French-Italian border. From snowy mountain peaks and...
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December 1944. Soviet and German troops fight from house to house in the shattered, corpse-strewn suburbs of Budapest. Crazed Hungarian fascists join with die-hard Nazis to slaughter Jews day and night, turning the Danube blood-red. In less than six months, thirty-eight-year-old SS Colonel Adolf Eichmann has sent over half a million Hungarians to the gas chambers in Auschwitz. Now all that prevents him from liquidating Europe's last Jewish ghetto...
91) Mission paw
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Chase and his PAW patrol friends come to the rescue when the royal crown of Barkingburg is stolen.
92) Dragon heroes
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Publisher
Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2020.
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English
Description
Introduces Dak and Leyla, twin dragon riders who use their special bonds with dragons for rescue missions.
93) Earthquake shock
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Series
Disaster strikes (Marlane Kennedy) volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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When a sudden earthquake hits during a visit to the skate park, Joey and his friends are trapped on opposite sides of a collapsed overpass and must rescue each other while enduring aftershocks and making their way safely home.
96) Amazing rescues
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c1992
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Describes remarkable rescues in three situations: a skydiving accident, an alligator attack, and a fall down a well.
97) Rescue
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Dorling Kindersley Pub
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
98) Meet Tracker!
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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When Carlos falls into a hole while digging for lost treasure, he is saved by Tracker, a puppy that calls the PAW Patrol for help and then joins the team.
100) Blaze loves to race!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Blaze, AJ and their four-wheeled friends from Nickelodeon's Blaze and the Monster Machines share a Valentine's Day race with new friends.