«She has never forgotten the
widows and children
of police officers and
firefighters who died in the line
of duty, and the UFOA will never forget her,» Hagan, who also praised the bill, said.
She skillfully manages multiple points
of view to tell the story, among them Claire Burwell, jury member and
widow of a wealthy investment banker killed on 9/11; Sean Gallagher, the brother
of a
firefighter victim, who becomes an angry spokesman for survivor families; and Asma Anwar, a Bangladeshi immigrant,
widowed herself on that terrible day, whose dignified appearance at a climactic public hearing provides the story's moral anchor.