{"product_id":"the-only-plane-in-the-sky-by-garrett-m-graff-9781800963856","title":"The Only Plane in the Sky","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIncredibly evocative and compelling.\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe most moving and chilling oral history you will read.\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAstonishing. I read it in one sitting \u0026amp; was utterly gripped from start to finish.\u003c\/em\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003ePiers Morgan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUpdated 25th Anniversary edition with additional content\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Only Plane in the Sky\u003c\/em\u003e is the first comprehensive oral history of 9\/11, deftly woven and told in the voices of ordinary people grappling with extraordinary events.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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. In 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Only Plane in the Sky\u003c\/em\u003e is a unique, profound, and searing exploration of humanity on a day that changed the course of history, and all of our lives, 25 years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48347456962796,"sku":"9781800963856","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781800963856-the-only-plane-in-the-sky-1.jpg?v=1789170528","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-only-plane-in-the-sky-by-garrett-m-graff-9781800963856","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}