A 'Band of Sisters' Who Fight Fires, and Try to Break Through Barriers
Written by Jerilyn Watson21 August 2005
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What you just heard is from newly released emergency radio calls in New York on September eleventh, two thousand one. Islamic terrorists flew hijacked passenger planes into the World Trade Center.
Many women were among the rescue workers injured that day, and three were killed. There is a book called "Women at Ground Zero: Stories of Courage and Compassion." It is a collection of stories told by women firefighters, police officers and others who were there.