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The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 by Garrett M. Graff
31 reviews
danimcthomas's review
4.75
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Grief, Blood, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Suicide
Graphic details about 9/11ericadansereau's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Gore, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, War, Body horror, and Violence
jkwiser's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Suicide, Excrement, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, and War
nadia's review against another edition
5.0
I'm so glad I started listening to audiobooks a few years back so I could experience The Only Plane in the Sky in this format, because reading this in print, while surely still being a 5-star read for me, would not have had the same impact.
Graphic: War, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death of parent, Child death, Confinement, Murder, Death, and Fire/Fire injury
cajunliterarybelle's review against another edition
5.0
Expect heartbreak, graphic gore, and death, because nothing but the truth is found here.
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief
djryan's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: War, Death, and Fire/Fire injury
milesjmoran's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Confinement, Grief, Islamophobia, Blood, Medical trauma, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, and War
oliviaja's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Medical content, Violence, War, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Death, and Death of parent
ldrenea's review against another edition
5.0
I was a sophomore in high school when 9/11 happened and it was extremely eye opening to listen to the many different views and stories now, as an adult, with a husband and children of my own.
The insiders information about what took place on Air Force One, in The Oval Office, and the in the elementary school in Florida where President Bush was reading to students and notified of the days events; all of it is just mind blowing and feels like intimate information that I’d never been privy to.
16 hours of audio. I listened over the course of four days, and it never got old. Run, don’t walk, to your local library and listen to this book for free using the Libby app.
Graphic: Violence, War, and Death
sarahweyand's review against another edition
4.75
I was born in 1999, alive for 9/11 but not old enough to remember it, no personal connection to the tragedy but somberly informed and taught about it every year for my entire primary education. This book taught me things I didn't know and gave a much more personal account of the various events of the day. The oral history is long, and 90% of it takes place on September 11. There is slight discussion of September 12 but not of any events past that date, which I think is important to place the proper emphasis and respect on the heroes and events of the attack itself.
Everyone knows what this book will be about going into it, so you know it isn't an easy read. However, if you can stomach it, I near demand you listen to the audiobook. It's wonderfully read by a full cast of voice actors who fully do the oral history justice; I fully believe it's how this book was meant to be consumed. Some air traffic controller transcripts, phone calls, and briefings use actual historic audio, which can certainly be triggering but add so much. ***Note on this: emotional personal phone calls or other disturbing audio is not used; I definitely would not have been able to handle the inclusion of that material. Audio inclusions are done tastefully and respectfully; any anecdotes regarding personal messages or last words are paraphrased and read by voice actors.
If you can, I would add this to your list and give it a listen or read when you feel you're in the headspace to do so. Its importance and impact really can't be overstated.
Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief