Among the Heroes: United Flight 93 and the Passengers and Crew Who Fought Back - Couverture rigide

Longman, Jere

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ISBN 10 : 0060099089 ISBN 13 : 9780060099084

Editeur : Harper, 2002

Synopsis

Book by Jere Longman

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

On the evening of September 14, as the sun set over the flag-draped county courthouse in Somerset, Pennsylvania, fifteen hundred mourners gathered together as Governor Tom Ridge presided over a memorial to the passengers and crew of United Flight 93. In the hushed twilight, amid the toiling of bells, a candle was lit for each victim, and the flames were used to light smaller candles held by townspeople attending the service.

The hijackers had failed in their mission, Ridge said. They had not destroyed our spirit. They had rekindled it. By fighting back against the terrorists, the passengers and crew had undoubtedly saved hundreds, if not thousands, of lives. "They sacrificed themselves for others -- the ultimate sacrifice. What appears to be a charred, smolerdering hole in the ground," said the governor, "is truly and really a monument to heroism."

Of the four horrific hijackings on September 11, Flight 93, which crashed into a field outside Shanksville, Pennsylvania, resonates as one of epic resistance. A number of passengers phoned relatives and others on the ground to tell them of the hijacking and what they planned to do about it. Their battle to take back the plane brought consolation to countless confused and grief-stricken Americans. At a time when the United States appeared defenseless against an unfamiliar foe, the gallant passengers and crew of Flight 93 provided for many Americans a measure of victory in the midst of unthinkable defeat. Together, they seemingly accomplished what all the security guards and soldiers, military pilots and government officials, could not -- they thwarted the terrorists, sacrificing their own lives so that others might live.

The culmination of hundreds of interviews and months of investigation, Among the Heroes is the definitive story of the courageous men and women aboard Flight 93, and of the day that forever changed the way Americans view the world and themselves.

Quatrième de couverture :

'We're going to do something. I know I'm not going to get out of this . . . OK. Let's roll'
Todd Beamer, passenger
On 11 September 2001, as we helplessly watched two planes fly into the World Trade Center and another into the Pentagon, the passengers of United Airlines Flight 93 were fighting for their lives - and those of countless hundreds of other potential victims. Having learned the fate of the other hijacked planes via emotional last phone calls to their families, they were determined not to become another instrument of terror. All the evidence confirms that several of the passengers and crew stormed the cockpit in an attempt to divert the plane from its target. United 93 crashed into a field in Pennsylvania, killing only those on board.
'Tell my children I love them very much . . . It feels like the plane is going down . . . I think they're going to do it. They're forcing their way into the cockpit'
Cee Cee Lyles, second flight attendant
Re-creating this extraordinary human drama through the voices of its witnesses, the last words of the passengers and crew recorded on the plane's black box, the loving epitaphs of those who survived them, and chilling profiles of the hijackers, Among the Heroes is a gripping, moving and highly charged story of devastating sadness but even greater courage.
'It's up to us. I think we can do it. Pray, Deena, just pray'
Thomas Burnett, passenger
Pocket Books
NON-FICTION
£7.99
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À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harper
• Date d'édition: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0060099089
• ISBN 13: 9780060099084
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 304