Nine Minutes, Twenty Seconds by Gary Pomerantz
They were ordinary people on everyday journeys, thinking this would be a trip like any other, but they would soon find themselves caught up in one of the most feared of contemporary catastrophes - a passenger plane crash. This book reveals the heroism that lies within each of us and explores what it means to have your life turned upside down by the events in just nine minutes and twenty seconds. A testament to the resiliance of the human spirit, it combines in-depth research with evocative story-telling.