Name: Touching History

Author: Lynn Spencer
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A moment to moment chronicle of the drama that unfolded in N. American skies on 9/11 as the FAA, the military & thousands of commercial pilots called on all of their training & courage to improvise a response to the first attacks on American soil since Pearl Harbor & contend with a new kind of aerial war.ForewordPrefacePrelude: Skies Severe ClearAmerican 11, do you hear me?No ordinary hijacking Another Confusion in the cockpitsThe unfathomable A nation under attackSecure the cockpit! NORAD responds No more take-offs! The Pentagon is hitEvery plane out of the skies Generate! Generate! Generate!Chaos in the skies Weapons free Shoot down authorityA tightening grip The skies belong to NORADThe longest dayEpilogueAfterwordNotes AcknowledgmentsIndex
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