A review by cpcabaniss
The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 by Garrett M. Graff

5.0

"Frederick Terna, Holocaust survivor and Brooklyn resident: As ashes were falling, I was back in Auschwitz, with ashes coming down. In Auschwitz, I knew what the ashes were. Here, I assumed I knew what the ashes were - it was a building and human remains."

September 11, 2001 is a date that is likely burned into the memories of many people around the world. I was only a child when the towers were hit, but I remember watching the news and the strange, almost hopeless feeling that seemed to surround everything that day.

This book tells snippets of first person accounts from the day of the attacks. From before the first plane hit until after the rubble was covering the ground. It was eye opening, tear inducing, and informative. There are so many things I had never considered, like the mass evacuation of Manhattan, the sheer chaos of not knowing when or if another plane was going to come. And if it did, where was it going to go?

I know I will be revisiting this many times in the future. I highly recommend it.

I listened to the audiobook and it worked well in that format as they had a large audio cast to voice the various snippets of information.