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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bernstein, Richard, 1944–

Out of the blue : the story of September 11, 2001, from jihad to ground zero / Richard Bernstein and the staff of the New York Times.— 1st ed.

p. cm.

Includes index.

ISBN 0-8050-7410-4 (pbk.)

1. September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001. 2. Terrorism—United States. 3. Victims of terrorism—New York (State)—New York. I. New York times. II. Title.

HV6432 .B47 2002

973.931—dc21

2002020396

First published in hardcover in 2002 by Henry Holt and Company

FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION 2003

eISBN 9781466854079

First eBook edition: August 2013