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The Survivors Of Flight 1549 Tell Their Extraordinary Stories Of Courage, Faith, And Determination
Ballantine Books
October 2009
On Sale: October 13, 2009
272 pages
ISBN: 0345519949
EAN: 9780345519948
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Biography
In this heart-stopping, page-turning tale of fear, heroism,
and redemption, the passengers of the Hudson River crash
landing tell their remarkable stories.
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.
From the Hardcover edition.
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