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Flight 93 the story, the aftermath, and the legacy of American courage on 9/11

"United Airlines Flight 93, which took off from Newark Airport the morning of September 11th, 2001, is perhaps the most famous flight in modern American history: We know of the passenger uprising, but there's so much more to the story besides its harrowing and oft-told climax. Amazingly, the definit...

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Main Author: McMillan, Tom (Newspaper writer)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Guilford : Lyons Press, [2014]
Subjects:
United Airlines Flight 93 Hijacking Incident, 2001.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
Victims of terrorism > United States.
Aircraft accidents > Pennsylvania > Shanksville.
Narrative non-fiction.
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Summary:"United Airlines Flight 93, which took off from Newark Airport the morning of September 11th, 2001, is perhaps the most famous flight in modern American history: We know of the passenger uprising, but there's so much more to the story besides its harrowing and oft-told climax. Amazingly, the definitive account of this seminal event has yet to be written. The book offers the most complete account of what actually took place aboard Flight 93 - from its delayed takeoff in Newark to the moment it plunged upside-down at 563 miles per hour into an open field in rural Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Flight 93 provides a riveting and complete narrative of the lead-up, event, and aftermath of the flight, based on interviews, oral histories, personal tours of the crash site and evidence recently made public. It examines the lead-up to that horrific morning; the stories of the victims who were launched into the center of history; the revolt that saved untold amounts of carnage on the ground and likely, the US Capitol; the eyewitnesses and first responders who rushed to the crash scene; the impact on family members; the effort to uncover evidence at the site; and the legacy the story leaves for future generations."--
"Offers the most complete account of what actually took place aboard United 93"--
Physical Description:xv, 272 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-264) and index.
ISBN:9781493009343
1493009346
9780762795222
0762795220
Author Notes:Tom McMillan has spent a lifetime in media and communications-as a newspaper sportswriter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, among others, as a radio talk-show host, and for the past seventeen years as vice president of communications for the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins. He also serves on the board of directors of Pittsburgh's Heinz History Center, on the marketing committee of the Gettysburg Foundation, as a tour guide for the Civil War Room at Carnegie Library, as an adjunct professor of media and marketing at Point Park University, and as a volunteer at the Flight 93 National Memorial.

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