Summary

In Chapter 11, Tommy had gotten the sculpture “The Kiss” the last day he worked on the pile at the World Trade Center site. He’d been able to work there because he had previously been a firefighter. His wife had been killed in the attack and he hoped to find some memento of her in the rubble. He had hoped she would send him some sign in the form of a memento of herself. Even though he knew it was irrational, he still held out hope.

On his last afternoon of work one of his friends called him to see what they had found. Tommy knew from the moment he saw the sculpture that it was a sign from Ronnie. Even though it was badly damaged, the couple sat with the wife draped over the man, just like Ronnie...