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Nine Minutes, Twenty Seconds Gary Pomerantz

Nine Minutes, Twenty Seconds von Gary Pomerantz

Nine Minutes, Twenty Seconds Gary Pomerantz


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Zusammenfassung

A second by second account of a plane crash based on the testimonies of 19 survivors, by an award winning journalist. Everytime we step onto an airliner, we all wonder, what if? This book takes you as close as you'd ever want to get finding out.

Nine Minutes, Twenty Seconds Zusammenfassung

Nine Minutes, Twenty Seconds: The Tragedy and Triumph of ASA Flight 529 Gary Pomerantz

Flight attendant Robin Fech told passengers to remove pens and other sharp objects from their pockets. Take off your eyeglasses, she instructed, and pour your drinks into the seat-back pockets. Two rows forward, a Diet Coke in hand, Jennifer Grunbeck reached for the seat-back pocket. Don't you think this will make a mess?, Jean Brucato asked her. I think, Grunbeck said, that they are more concerned with what's going on outside the plane. In 1995 29 people boarded a small commuter plane expecting nothing more than an ordinary journey. Soon after take-off a propeller blade shattered, destroying an engine and leaving their plane unable to stay airborne. It hit the ground nine minutes and twenty seconds later. All of us have wondered, however fleetingly, what would happen if something like this went wrong. How would I feel? What would I do? What would others do? Would I survive? Nineteen people on board that day did survive. Gary Pomerantz draws on hundreds of hours of interviews with them, their families, and the families of those who died, to create an intensely moving, compelling real-life drama. This is not a book about aeroplanes, it's about the heroism and humanity in all of us. And it will stay with you long after you've turned the last page.

Nine Minutes, Twenty Seconds Bewertungen

Pomerantz's title refers to the time it took for a small American commuter plane to hit the ground after one of its propeller blades shattered. It was an unusual accident of its kind, because 19 of the 29 people on board survived (despite horrific injuries) - and because of the amount of time they had to face almost certain death. Drawing on 500 interviews with the survivors, this unusual piece of non-fiction is constructed as both a compelling narrative and an examination of some uncomfortable issues. How do people behave in such a crisis? How relevant are the safety routines to what actually happens in a crash? It might be thought that September 11 has overshadowed such 'minor' tragedies, but this real-life drama brings home the individual personal stories behind the statistics.

Über Gary Pomerantz

Gary Pomerantz is an award-winning feature writer at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He lives in Atlanta with his wife and three children.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I Propeller. Part II Crew, aircraft. Part III Passengers. Part IV 9:20 to impact. Part V Fire in the field. Part VI You're the hero. Part VII The value of a human life. Part VIII Revelation - a mosaic.

Zusätzliche Informationen

GOR005482915
9780718144357
071814435X
Nine Minutes, Twenty Seconds: The Tragedy and Triumph of ASA Flight 529 Gary Pomerantz
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Penguin Books Ltd
20020530
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