Until the Fires Stopped Burning: 9/11 and New York City in the Words and Experiences of Survivors and Witnesses Book

Introduction ix

The Event 1

Part 1 102 Minutes of Disaster

Zones of Sadness

1 Survivors: Zone 1 9

2 Witness: Zone 2 29

3 Participants: Zone 3 39

4 Onlookers: Zone 4 51

Reflections

5 The Dying 63

6 Apocalyptic Interlude 85

7 Traumasong 105

8 Television: Numbing and Rage 117

9 Hidden Children: Television's Exception 127

Part 2 100 Days of Suffering

10 Organic Process 139

11 Disrupted Lives 159

12 Death and Future 167

13 Pregnant Women 179

Part 3 Ten Years of Effects

4 The Surprise of It All 119

5 On Trauma and Zones of Sadness 207

6 Historical Memory of the Disaster 221

Acknowledgments 239

Appendix: The Literature on Trauma and the Measurement of PTSD After 9/11 243

Notes 251

Index 265