{"product_id":"bikeman-commemorative-edition-an-epic-poem-an-epic-poem-9781524871949","title":"Bikeman, Commemorative Edition: An Epic Poem: An Epic Poem","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn deeply moving testament to 9\/11 and its horrific aftermath, this epic illustrates the power of a single moment and how each decision we make can change the course of a life.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn September 11, 2001, journalist Tom Flynn set off on his bike toward the World Trade Towers not knowing what he was riding into. \u003cem\u003eBikeman\u003c\/em\u003e is one man's journey back to the horrors of that day and to the humanity that somehow emerged from the dust and the death. Both heartbreaking and haunting, his words will stay with you like that 'forever September morning.'\" --Meredith Vieira, NBC's \u003cem\u003eToday\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom those whose deaths revealed the most private moments of their lives, to those who helped guide the way to safety, veteran journalist Thomas Flynn's Bikeman chronicles the morning of September 11, 2001 like no other published work. What began with a bicycle ride to the World Trade Center to cover the first tower's attack continued as the south tower fell and Thomas Flynn found himself quickly transitioning from reporter to participant as he beared witness to and, with a disquieted view, fought for his own life in the very event his well-trained journalistic senses intended to record and report. Now Flynn, as both journalist and now survivor, must come to terms with the harrowing ordeal and somehow find peace in the very act of surviving. With a forward from Dan Rather, Bikeman is a testament to the strength and courage we must summon at the blink of an eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this deeply emotional memoir that is part journalist's record, part survivor's lament, Flynn writes: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSurvival is the absence of death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a subdued, a hushed existence. . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI live to talk about it, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto relate the tale as it happens, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enot only its extremities and cruelty, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebut also the goodness that flourishes too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas F. Flynn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrews McMeel Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/03\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 4.90w x 0.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781524871949","brand":"Andrews McMeel Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42917459034249,"sku":"9781524871949","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_643d4552-f18f-4380-8ac4-6ce15b609870.jpg?v=1724137976","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/bikeman-commemorative-edition-an-epic-poem-an-epic-poem-9781524871949","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}