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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand
- Unbranded
- MPN
- Does not apply
- ISBN
- 9780345520456
- Book Title
- Miracle on the Hudson : the Extraordinary Real-Life Story Behind Flight 1549, by the Survivors
- Item Length
- 8in
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Technology & Engineering, Transportation, Religion, Social Science
- Topic
- Aviation / General, Inspirational, Sociology / General, Personal Memoirs, Aviation / History, Aeronautics & Astronautics, Sociology / Urban
- Item Width
- 5.2in
- Item Weight
- 9.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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The remarkable true story of Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger's heroic crash landing in the Hudson River, as told by the passengers who owe him their lives. Millions watched the aftermath on television, while others witnessed the event actually happening from the windows of nearby skyscrapers. But only 155 people know firsthand what really happened on U.S. Airways Flight 1549 on January 15, 2009. Now, for the first time, the survivors detail their astounding, terrifying, and inspiring experiences on that freezing winter day in New York City. Written by two esteemed journalists, Miracle on the Hudson is the entire tale from takeoff to bird strike to touchdown to rescue, seen through the eyes and felt in the souls of those on board the fateful flight. Revealing many new and compelling details, Miracle on the Hudson dramatically evokes the explosion and "smell of burning flesh" as both engines were destroyed by geese, the violent landing on the river that felt like a "huge car wreck," the gridlock in the aisles as the plane filled swiftly with freezing water, and the thrill of the passengers' rescue from the wings and from rafts--all of it recalled by the "cross section of America" on board. Jay McDonald, a thirty-nine-year-old software developer, had survived brain-tumor surgery just two years earlier and now faced the unimaginable. Tracey Wolsko, a nervous flier, suddenly became other people's rock: "Just pray. It's going to be all right." Jim Whitaker, a construction executive, reassured a nervous mother of two young children on board, only later admitting, "I was pathologically lying the whole time." As the plane started sinking, Lucille Palmer, eighty-five, told her daughter to save herself: "Just leave me " Featuring much more than what the media reported--moments of chaos in addition to stoicism and common sense, and the fortuitous mistakes and quick instincts that saved lives that otherwise would have been lost-- Miracle on the Hudson is the chronicle of one of the most phenomenal feel-good stories of recent years, one that could have been a nightmare and instead became a stirring narrative of heroism and hope for our times.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0345520459
ISBN-13
9780345520456
eBay Product ID (ePID)
102947797
Product Key Features
Book Title
Miracle on the Hudson : the Extraordinary Real-Life Story Behind Flight 1549, by the Survivors
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Aviation / General, Inspirational, Sociology / General, Personal Memoirs, Aviation / History, Aeronautics & Astronautics, Sociology / Urban
Publication Year
2010
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Technology & Engineering, Transportation, Religion, Social Science
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
5.2in
Item Weight
9.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Reviews
"From abject fear to happy ending,Miracle on the Hudsonis one of the great stories of our time told from the hearts and the minds of the people who lived through it and now woven into a stunning drama by two of our finest writers and reporters, William Prochnau and Laura Parker. Open this book and you will not close it until you reach the last page."-Buzz Bissinger, Pulitzer Prize-winner and author ofShooting StarsandFriday Night Lights. "Flight 1549 is my worst nightmarewith an improbably fantastic ending.Miracle on the Hudsonis a reporter's story, and William Prochnau and Laura Parker are uniquely qualified to tell this remarkable story. They bring to the passengers' own impassioned story of survival the old-fashioned values of the finest gum-shoe reporters." -Kai Bird, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographyAmerican Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer "A riveting, what-it-was-like-be-there account of the final moments of Flight 1549. A plane full of ordinary people look death in the face, and survive to tell their stories. Written with verve and sympathy by two outstanding reporters."-Michael Dobbs, author oftheNew York Timesbest-sellerOne Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro, on the Brink of Nuclear War, "Stunning . . . Open this book and you will not close it until you reach the last page."-Buzz Bissinger, Pulitzer Prizewinning author ofShooting StarsandFriday Night Lights "An extraordinary drama seen through the eyes of ordinary people."-Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Absorbing, inspirational . . . a detailed, moment-by-moment account of the accident and its aftermath . . . Anyone who remembers the dramatic . . . event will be riveted."-Publishers Weekly "William Prochnau and Laura Parker bring to the passengers' impassioned accounts of survival the old-fashioned values of the finest gumshoe reporters."-Kai Bird, Pulitzer Prizewinning author ofAmerican Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, "Stunning . . . Open this book and you will not close it until you reach the last page."--Buzz Bissinger, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Shooting Stars and Friday Night Lights "An extraordinary drama seen through the eyes of ordinary people."-- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Absorbing, inspirational . . . a detailed, moment-by-moment account of the accident and its aftermath . . . Anyone who remembers the dramatic . . . event will be riveted."-- Publishers Weekly "William Prochnau and Laura Parker bring to the passengers' impassioned accounts of survival the old-fashioned values of the finest gumshoe reporters."--Kai Bird, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer, "Stunning . . . Open this book and you will not close it until you reach the last page."-Buzz Bissinger, Pulitzer Prizewinning author of Shooting Stars and Friday Night Lights "An extraordinary drama seen through the eyes of ordinary people."- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Absorbing, inspirational . . . a detailed, moment-by-moment account of the accident and its aftermath . . . Anyone who remembers the dramatic . . . event will be riveted."- Publishers Weekly "William Prochnau and Laura Parker bring to the passengers' impassioned accounts of survival the old-fashioned values of the finest gumshoe reporters."-Kai Bird, Pulitzer Prizewinning author of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Target Audience
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Dewey Decimal
363.12
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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