Chapter Summaries
Chapter Summaries
When Brandon was looking up at the Twin Towers from the q train, he heard a CRASH from the other side of the restaurant he was at inside one of the Twin Towers An alarm went off and he heard people yelling "HELP! FIRE" and Brandon could feel the heat through his clothes. Then Brandon went on an elevator and he heard a "thoom" and he went on an elevator.
Brandon was stuck in an elevator with a couple of people after a plane crashed into the tower that he was in. Then they found a hole in the wall and it was dark, so you couldn't see anything. Brandon was the only person who could fit through the hole so he went into the unknown.
Brandon went into the hole in the wall and landed in the women's bathroom. Then he walked around and tried getting help for the rest of the people in the elevator since they couldn't fit through the hole in the wall. So he got a random guy to help them get out of the elevator.
Brandon was walking on the narrow stairwell and there was something wet and clear he thought it might be jet fuel. But it didn't smell like gasoline. Then he was almost to the next flight of stairs then he slipped and went flying and landed back where he started.
Brandon was on the 89th floor. Air pounded against him he saw a blue and white helicopter it said "NYPD" Brandon tried to get their attention, he thought they were going to see him but the helicopter turned around and flew the opposite way of Brandon.
A rescuer got to Brandon and they knocked on someone's office but no one responded they tried to go up to rescue Brandon's dad but they could not get all the way up. Brandon got sad because he wanted to rescue his dad but he couldn't.
Brandon was with Richard then Brandon saw someone get burned in the fire. Brandon finally got to speak to his dad through the phone. His dad was calm until he saw another plane hit the other tower he got worried and told Brandon what to do and to stay with Richard.
A second plane hit the south tower after that an elevator with people in it crashed down. Then Brandonsaw somebody fell off the building through the window. So Brandon called his dad and he said he couldn't talk for long. Brandon tried calling his dad again but it said the number was no longer in service.
Brandon and Richard were almost all the way down they were on the 9th floor and it was crowded Brandon saw dead bodies outside. Then they made it to the underground mall. After that it collapsed and it was pitch black Brandon couldn't see and he couldn't find Richard until some other people that got hurt helped Brandon find Richard.
Brandon and others helped Richard get out. Then Brandon led them to the exit in the dark because Brandon knew the mall so well then they made it outside, and after they made it outside the north tower fell on itself And Brandon ran away. Brandon then slammed into a car and got hurt.
Richard and Brandon made it out safely and Richard saw his wife Brandon went to Richards's house and Brandon was dead on the inside. He left a voice message for his dad to see if he made it out safely but his dad never called back or replied.