Dimensions
154 x 228 x 22mm
A Husband's Day-By-Day Account of His Wife's Remarkable Recovery.
Lauren Manning was walking into the lobby of the World Trade Center's North Tower on September 11th when a massive fireball exploded from the elevator shaft. Lauren ran from the building in flames, and was saved by a passer-by. Her injuries were catastrophic - burns to over eighty percent of her body - and her chances of survival were poor.
In response to the massive wave of concern that flowed in, Lauren's husband Greg began sending daily emails from her bedside to friends and family, outlining her slow and painful recovery. Each was signed "Love, Greg and Lauren".
This book is a love story, and a survival story. Greg's emails reveal Lauren's enormous strength in fighting to survive, the healing power of love, and the boundless compassion of the workers of New York City, whose tireless efforts to help others signified the hope and humanity that arose from Ground Zero. It is a harrowing but uplifting account of love in the face of tragedy, and the strength of the human spirit - and the most revealing story yet published of what September 11th means in human terms.
Greg and Lauren have become national symbols of hope after the September 11th attacks. Greg Manning is a New York stockbroker. He and Lauren have a son, Tyler. Lauren is in the final stages of her convalescence in a rehabilitation hospital in New York City.
