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The Silent Fall: A Secret Service Agent's Story of Tragedy and Triumph After 9/11 - Horwitz
3 stars

This is Samantha Horwitz’ personal account of her 9/11 experience, of the day at ground zero and of her own recovery from PTSD and alcoholism. It is, in many ways, a moving personal account. It is not great literature. I suspect it’s more or less a transcript of the talks she gives as a motivational speaker.

I was not unmoved by her story. I believe it is important that these personal stories are told and not forgotten. I’ve no doubt that she provides a service with her talks and workshops. However, I was put off by the commercial overtones of this memoir.

I am going to add this one to my tag group of 9/11. Thanks for the review. I had not heard of this one and my list of 9/11 books is getting sparse. I made a promise to read a book about the tragedy each September, as my own way of never forgetting.

That was my intention when I read this one. I'd wanted to read
The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11, but I'm still on a wait list.

I had some uneasy feelings about this one. The woman has a business that makes use of her experience. She's providing a positive service, but I don't like to see the burning towers used as an advertisement.

Agree-anyone who earns $$ from this tragedy seems to really irk me.