First published 2006
Leslie Haskin climbs the corporate ladder in Tower One of the World Trade Center, focused on perks and prestige. On the sunny morning of September 11, 2001, terrorists crash a hijacked Boeing 767 into her building. More than twenty seven hundred people die in the attack on New York City. Haskin must escape down thirty six floors as the tower crumbles around her. She survives the collapse, but the months that follow bring severe mental and emotional trauma. From the debris of that terrible day, the corporate climber finds her way back to the faith she knew as a child. She leaves behind her old life of power and status to serve others instead.
Genres: american-fiction, non-fiction, biography-memoir, 21st-century, christian-living
Vibes: emotional-atmospheric, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: personal-transformation, redemption
Setting: New York City, Tower One, World Trade Center
Period: September 11, 2001
192 pages · Kindle Edition · Bethany House Publishers
Content warnings: mental-illness