Table of Contents

Shock 4

1 One or Those Days 6

2 Good Luck 10

3 73 Floors up 12

4 In a Flash 16

5 Not Just Another Day 20

6 Behind the Elevator Doors 28

7 A Second Impact 36

8 Race Against Time 44

9 Hijacked 50

10 Target Three 54

11 Let's Roll 62

12 The Unthinkable 66

13 No Words 76

14 Four Floors From Freedom 82

15 Down Comes Another 86

16 Daylight 96

Epilogue 102

Timeline 106

Glossary 108

Critical Thinking Using the Common Core 109

Internet Sites 109

Further Reading 110

Selected Bibliography 110

Index 112

About the Author 112