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

Longman, Jere

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0060099097 ISBN 13 : 9780060099091

Editeur : Harper Perennial, 2003

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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
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Présentation de l'éditeur :

Of the four horrific hijackings on September 11, Flight 93 resonates as one of epic resistance.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 with family members 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.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harper Perennial
• Date d'édition: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0060099097
• ISBN 13: 9780060099091
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 296