Those who were killed deserve to be recorded in history, and those whose lives were forever changed by the al-Qaeda attacks on August 7, 1998, deserve to know what happened and how. Richard Buckley, aka Top Spouse and Don Ricardo, stood by my side, researched the facts, and stayed on my back until the book was finished. Betty Douglass Sparkman supported me, and Rheta Grimsley-Johnson taught me. Margery Thompson and the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training put the narrative into the hands of Potomac Books, and the University of Nebraska Press agreed to put it on record. John McConnico provided his Pulitzer Prize–winning cover photograph. Thank you. This is your book, too.