Bracing for Impact (eBook)

True Tales of Air Disasters and the People Who Survived Them

Robin Suerig Holleran, Lindy Philip (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2015
208 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5107-0032-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Surviving is a true blessing that few get to experience.Being strapped in the seat of a plane as it plunges into a nosedive midair is everyones worst nightmare. Bracing for Impacts compilers and contributors know. They have both lived out that fear and survived, albeit badly hurt, in their own plane crashes.In this collection of true-life survivor tales, people from all walks of lifea freelance writer, a crew member of the Lynyrd Skynyrd band, a naval flight surgeon, a teenager, and a newlywed on her honeymoon, among othersrecount their traumatic narrow escapes as engines stalled, fuel ran out, hazardous weather conditions descended, and landings did not go according to plan. In the face of death, as life flashed before their eyesor not, as some wryly notethese survivors encountered the terrific split of before and after the crash. Their lives, though preserved, would change forever.Perhaps more significant than the crash itself is how each story plays out in the aftermath of the ordeal. In heart-wrenching, unrelenting honesty, these stories explore the wide spectrum of impacts on survivorsranging from debilitating fear, post-traumatic stress disorder, and substance abuse, to a renewed sense of urgency, where survivors swear to live each day to the fullest and rededicate their lives to helping others.Including the 1977 story of the Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash that killed lead singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, and vocalist Cassie Gaines, Bracing for Impact is as much a horrific account of air disasters as it is a celebration and recognition of the people who survived them.Fans of the 2016 Clint Eastwood film Sully starring Tom Hanks will enjoy this edge-of-your-seat read!

Autor

Robin Suerig Holleran, a crash survivor herself, is a full-time freelance writer. Five years after her ordeal, she conquered Mount Kilimanjaro, as well as her fear of public speaking. She lives in Mendham, New Jersey with her three teenagers.Lindy Philip has been in the marketing and advertising industry for twenty years. After surviving a plane crash with her husband, she lived through her worse fears and realized she needed to become a mother. Today, she lives with her husband and two teenage sons on Vancouver Island in Sooke, Canada.David Soucie is a CNN safety analyst with thirty years of experience working with the Federal Aviation Administration as an aviation safety inspector and accident investigator. He is the author of Safer Skies, Why Planes Crash, and Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. He lives in Silverthorne, Colorado.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.10.2015
• Vorwort: David Soucie
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
• Schlagworte: 2016 • 370 • Accident Investigation • air accident • Air Craft • aircraft accidents • air crashes • air crash investigation • airline crash • Airline Industry • Airliner • airline safety • airlines flight • airplane crashes • Airplanes • air safety • air travel • airways flight • American Airlines • aviation • Black Box • Boeing 777 • books on airline industries • books on aviations books on m • books on british airways • books on flight crews • books on indian oceans • books on kuala lumpurs • books on malaysia • books on marshall • books on technical aspects • Bracing • British Airways • Cessna • Cockpit • Conspiracy theories • Coverage • crash investigations • crash investigators • DC-10 • eastern colorado • Engines • flight 800 • flight crews • Human Error • incidents • indian ocean technical aspects • Japan Airlines • Kuala Lumpur • land safely • Malaysia • malaysian • Management • Marshall • Mayday • mh370 • mid-air collision • negroni • NTSB • overcome fear • passengers • Pilot Error • Pilots • plane crashes • Planes • reservations • SAFER • San Diego • takeoff • tornado alley • Traffic • twa flight • volcanic ash • whoop
• ISBN-10: 1-5107-0032-3 / 1510700323
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5107-0032-1 / 9781510700321