{"product_id":"9781913183417-the-only-plane-in-the-sky","title":"The Only Plane in the Sky","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Oral History of 9\/11 on the 20th Anniversary\u003cbr\u003ePublished to commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9\/11, the definitive and bestselling first-person account of the day that changed the world\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Incredibly evocative and compelling.\"\u003ci\u003e -\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The most moving and chilling oral history you will read.\" \u003cb\u003e- \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Astonishing book about an astonishing, terrifying atrocity, relived in real time by those who were there. I read it in one sitting \u0026amp; was utterly gripped from start to finish.\" \u003cb\u003e- Piers Morgan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The most vivid portrait of 9\/11 I've ever read.\"- \u003cb\u003eMike Morell, former deputy director of the CIA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e** Updated 20th Anniversary edition with additional content **\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Only Plane in the Sky \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eis the first comprehensive oral history of 9\/11, deftly woven and told in the voices of ordinary people grappling with extraordinary events.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt begins predawn, where we meet airport staff who unknowingly usher terrorists onto their flights. From a secret bunker beneath the White House, Dick Cheney and Condoleezza Rice watch for incoming planes on radar. At the Pentagon, officials feel a violent tremor as they come under attack. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe hear the stories of the father and son working on separate floors in the North Tower; the firefighter who rushes there to search for his wife; the phone operator who keeps her promise to share a passenger's last words with his family; the chaplain who stays on the scene to perform last rites, losing his own life when the Twin Towers collapse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn New York, first responders confront a scene of unimaginable chaos. At the Pentagon generals break down and weep when they are barred from rushing into the burning building to try and rescue their colleagues.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on never-before-published transcripts, declassified documents and interviews from nearly five hundred people, award-winning historian Garrett Graff skilfully tells the story of the day that changed all of our lives - as it was lived.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Only Plane in the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis a unique, profound, and searing exploration of humanity on a day that changed the course of history, and all of our lives, 20 years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40945908842593,"sku":"9781913183417","price":13.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27714741.jpg?v=1722001215","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781913183417-the-only-plane-in-the-sky","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}