A memoir discussing the author's upbringing as a young sportsman and tragic experience in a plane crash with his father, father's girlfriend, and pilot at the age of eleven, covering his lone survival of the crash and harsh conditions.
United Flight 93 and the passengers and crew who fought back
Longman, Jere
2003
Chronicles the events surrounding the hijacking and crash of United Flight 93 on September 11, 2001, focusing on the passengers' efforts to overtake the hijackers and prevent the plane from being used as a weapon against an American landmark.
Nando Parrado chronicles his and his rugby teammates' ten-week struggle to survive in the Andes Mountains after their plane crashed on October 13, 1972.
"Based on a true story, fourteen-year-old Werner Franz works as a cabin boy aboard the German zeppelin, the Hindenburg, and resourcefully survives its fatal crash"--Provided by publisher.
