100 Minutes With Osama bin Laden
A True Story
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Available in paperback or download to your favorite device
Eight days before 9/11, the leaders of Al-Qaeda walked into my convenience store in Eastern Iowa.
For 100 interesting minutes, they were in my world, and I was in theirs. In Iowa, of all places.
If I only had known what was about to transpire."
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- James Jensen (Author)
About The Book
100 Minutes With Osama bin Laden recounts a surreal experience in which Jensen, unknowingly, interacted with the key figures of Al-Qaeda, including a man resembling Osama bin Laden, in the days leading up to the 9/11 attacks. The story describes how these individuals spent 100 minutes inside Jensen's gas-and-go convenience store.
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After the tragic events of 9/11, Jensen pieced together the significance of that encounter.
In his book, Jensen reflects on the strange behavior of these men and the stark contrast between their presence in quiet Iowa and the catastrophic impact they would have on the world.
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100 Minutes With Osama bin Laden also explores themes that extend beyond the encounter described by Jensen.
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Post-9/11 America
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Global terrorism
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The ripple effects of seemingly small moments in ordinary lives.
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How 9/11 reshaped Jensen's world in rural Iowa, where life seemed untouchable by terrorism.
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The realization that dangerous individuals had lived and trained among ordinary Americans.
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Cultural and racial tensions
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The American Dream
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This book is available now through Amazon - in paperback and digital.