On December 5, 2005, the 9/11 Commission issued its final report card on the governmentโs fulfillment of the recommendations issued in July 2004: one A, twelve Bs, nine Cs, twelve Ds, three Fs, and four incompletes. Here is stunning evidence that Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colรณn, with more than sixty years of experience in the comic-book industry between them, were right: far, far too few Americans have read, grasped, and demanded action on the Commissionโs investigation into the events of that tragic day and the lessons America must learn.
Using every skill and storytelling method Jacobson and Colรณn have learned over the decades, they have produced the most accessible version of the 9/11 Report. Jacobsonโs text frequently follows word for word the original report, faithfully captures its investigative thoroughness, and covers its entire scope, even including the Commissionโs final report card. Colรณnโs stunning artwork powerfully conveys the facts, insights, and urgency of the original. Published on the fifth anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the United States, an event that has left no aspect of American foreign or domestic policy untouched, The 9/11 Report puts at every Americanโs fingertips the most defining event of the century.