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Summary: Why haven't we been hearing about this book?
Review: My God, this book is amazing. It's one of the most remarkable true-life stories I've ever read. This ought to be mandatory reading for all book clubs. I couldn't put it down. I don't usually stay up past midnight to read but I did with this. The author did a great job in bringing the people aboard this plane to life. I cared about them. I wanted them all to live, and I'm glad almost all of them did. It's great story-telling. It's a tear jerker and I cried hardest when the book ended. I wanted it to go on and on. I'd give it 10 stars, if I could.
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Summary: A classic in the making!
Review: Ordinary people can perform extraordinary feats in extraordinary circumstances. Gary Pomerantz brilliantly written story of the ill fated flight 529 is sure to become an aviation classic!
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Summary: Just Terrific
Review: Quite simply --- this book is just terrific. If you are interested in aviation, or how ordinary people react to extraordinary situations, or how terribly dependent we are on other people, you will not be able to put this book down. And besides all this, it is beautifully written.
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Summary: Tension and Tears
Review: The author cleverly describes the passengers on the fatal flight without telling whether they lived or died. This creates suspense and curiosity, pulling the reader along. He includes a good amount of technical and medical information, but manages to make it understandable and interesting--no mean feat. He tells his story from the viewpoints of people involved in the prelude, actuality, and aftermath of the crash. He is wise concerning how much detail to relate about each of these people--except in the case of Robin Fech, the stewardess. He inflates her role, as, apparently, have the media. He also lapses into bathos: we get too many accounts of prayers, tears, and hand-holdings. Nonetheless, the book is a real page-turner. I read it during an airplane journey, and found that it distracted me quite well from flight nerves. Summary: educational and absorbing, if not as moving as the author seems to want.
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Summary: Tension and Tears
Review: The author cleverly describes the passengers on the fatal flight without telling whether they lived or died. This creates suspense and curiosity, pulling the reader along. He includes a good amount of technical and medical information, but manages to make it understandable and interesting--no mean feat. He tells his story from the viewpoints of people involved in the prelude, actuality, and aftermath of the crash. He is wise concerning how much detail to relate about each of these people--except in the case of Robin Fech, the stewardess. He inflates her role, as, apparently, have the media. He also lapses into bathos: we get too many accounts of prayers, tears, and hand-holdings. Nonetheless, the book is a real page-turner. I read it during an airplane journey, and found that it distracted me quite well from flight nerves. Summary: educational and absorbing, if not as moving as the author seems to want.
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Summary: Amazing tale about human spirit!
Review: They were people just a plane trip, then it became something more. "Nine Minutes, Twenty Seconds" tell the story of ASA Flight 529 that crashed in Georgia and how on one day everyone on that that day the passangers, Flight attendent and the pilots were hero's regardless of their fate. The most intesting part for me, was after the crash, the investagators trying to find out why the happen. A great book!
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Summary: Don't read this on a plane
Review: This book will grab you from the very beginning. You feel as though you too are aboard the plane. You get to know your fellow passengers and the staff. Then the countdown begins. In minute detail it starts counting down the minutes and seconds as structural problems begin. I found this to be absolutely chilling. Find out who survives, who doesn't and how they handle it. The book also contains photos of the plane and passengers So you could refer back to them if needed. This was a remarkable true story.
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: This excellent book tells the harrowing story of the passengers and crew of the ASA commuter flight that crashed outside Atlanta in 1995. The author does a great job of relating the experience from a human point of view, rather than a technical, aviation-specific one. The stories of the people who were on board this plane will make you terrified yet hopeful at the same time. This book is highly recommended for someone who wants to read a story about the human spirit triumphing in the face of extreme adversity.
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Summary: Well-written, character-focused
Review: This is a well-written narrative. While the crash of ASA flight 529 is the pivotal event, Pomerantz covers pertinent events years before, and years after, the crash. Unlike other non-fiction about aviation disasters, which tend to lean to the technical, there is a continuous focus on the people directly involved, all the way back to an original examination of the part that brought the plane down.Pomerantz story's strength is its concise and unambiguous nature. The story is not complicated in its writing--it is rich in its detail. Every named character is portrayed as a good soul, if not outright heroic. Again, compared to other stories in this genre, the lack of a personified villain may give you the idea that there's a CBS movie of the week in there. This may be a flaw to some. Highly recommended for the aviation buff looking for a less technical read or those interested in a good human interest story.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: Very good account of an airline crash from the cause to the people. The author presents a fact based review of why a small plane crashed in a field, killing some, disfiguring others, while still others walked away unscratched. This compelling story has everything for every taste. Drama, humor, recrimination, sorrow, and edge of the seat excitement. The drama stems from the fact that everyone knew the plane was going down, but they had approximately 10 minutes to think about the consequences. Hats off to all those who went through this harrowing experience.
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