Last Man Down: The Fireman's Story - Richard Picciotto

I have recently been reading a lot of history – biographies of Anne Frank and her contemporaries, witness accounts of the events of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I find these real-life stories of immense bravery extremely inspiring. The most horrific world event I have so far lived through must be September 11th 2001 – or 911, as it is often called. Like most others, I remember exactly where I was when I saw the tragedy unfold on the TV News. It was an awful day, one which seems to have changed the world in many ways. I found it terrifying enough sitting at home in England, watching the planes hit, the people jumping to certain death, the huge ...