Introduction: The view from the ground -- Part 1. Years -- Part 2. 2001 -- Part 3. Day of days -- Part 4. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: The tale of tales -- Part 5. Aftermath: Katrina and the consequences of denial -- Afterword: Systemic failures -- Appendix: Timeline of Hijackers' movements, 1991-2002

Farmer, one of the primary authors of the 9/11 Commission's report, reconstructs the truth of what happened on that fateful day and the disastrous circumstance that allowed it. Farmer builds the convincing case that the official version not only is almost entirely untrue but serves to create a false impression of order and security