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The Only Plane in the Sky - The Oral History of 9/11 (Hardcover)
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The Only Plane in the Sky - The Oral History of 9/11 (Hardcover)
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Incredibly evocative and
compelling." The Washington Post "A hugely powerful new book." Dan
Snow "The most moving and chilling oral history you will read." The
Times "Astonishing book about an astonishing, terrifying atrocity,
relived in real time by those who were there. I read it in one
sitting & was utterly gripped from start to finish." Piers
Morgan "An American academic has meticulously pieced together
testimony from those who were there, using declassified documents
and having conducted hundreds of new interviews. The resulting book
is a harrowing picture of a day that changed history." The Sun
"Although many years have passed since 9/11, this book, told with
such immediacy, brings so vividly back to mind the shock of that
day, and why it continues to shape the tragic history that has
followed." Lawrence Wright, author of The Looming Tower "The Only
Plane in the Sky is a stunning and important work-chilling,
heartbreaking-and I cannot stop thinking about it. To hear the
voices of those who survived, and those who did not, it is so
moving and powerful. I learned so much and am so thankful for this
book." Anderson Cooper, Anchor, CNN Of all the books about 9/11 one
has been missing until now - a panoramic narrative from the men and
women caught up in the unprecedented human drama of that terrible
day. The Only Plane in the Sky is nothing less than the first
comprehensive oral history of 9/11, deftly woven and told in the
voices of ordinary people grappling with extraordinary events.
Drawing on never-before-published transcripts, recently
declassified documents, new and archived interviews from nearly
five hundred people, historian Garrett Graff skillfully tells the
story of the day as it was lived. It begins in the predawn hours of
airports in the Northeast, where we meet the ticket agents who
unknowingly usher terrorists onto their flights. In New York, first
responders confront a scene of unimaginable chaos at the Twin
Towers. From a secret bunker beneath the White House, Dick Cheney
and Condoleezza Rice watch for incoming planes on radar. In the
offices of the Pentagon, top officials feel the violent tremor as
their headquarters come under attack. We hear the stories of the
father and son working on separate floors in the North Tower; the
firefighter who rushes to the scene to search for his wife; the
telephone operator who keeps her promise to share a passenger's
last words with his family; the chaplain who stays on the scene to
perform last rites, losing his own life when the Towers collapse;
the teachers evacuating terrified children from schools mere blocks
from the World Trade Center; the generals at the Pentagon who break
down and weep when they are barred from rushing into the burning
building to try and rescue their colleagues. The Only Plane in the
Sky is a unique, profound, and searing exploration of humanity on a
day that changed the course of history, and all of our lives.
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