Seven shots an NYPD raid on a terrorist cell and its aftermath - Hunt, Jennifer C. (University of Chicago Press, 2010)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction -- Rookie -- 10-1 -- Seven shots -- This is going to Hollywood -- Blood trail -- Ricochet -- Top cops -- Friendly fire -- 9/11 -- Conclusion -- Appendix. Methodology
On July 31, 1997, a six-man Emergency Service team from the NYPD raided a terrorist cell in Brooklyn and narrowly prevented a suicide bombing of the New York subway that would have cost hundreds, possibly thousands of lives. Seven Shots tells the dramatic story of that raid, the painstaking police work involved, and its paradoxical aftermath, which drew the officers into a conflict with other rank-and-file police and publicity-hungry top brass. Jennifer C. Hunt draws on her personal knowledge of the NYPD and a network of police contacts extending from cop to four-star chief, to trace the exper