All We Have Left

by Wendy Mills

“People do terrible things. People do beautiful things. It’s against the black backdrop of evil that the shining light of good shows the brightest. We can’t just focus on the darkness of the night, or we’ll miss out on the stars,”

Pasquale Buzzelli, who became known as the 9/11 surfer. You can read his story in his book, We All Fall Down: The True Story of the 9/11 Surfer.

highly recommend: City in the Sky: The Rise and Fall of the World Trade Center by James Glanz and Eric Lipton; 102 Minutes: The Unforgettable Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers by Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn; and September 11: An Oral History by Dean Murphy.