num_pages: 320
description: A moment to moment chronicle of the drama that unfolded in N. American skies on 9/11 as the FAA the military &amp; thousands of commercial pilots called on all of their training &amp; courage to improvise a response to the first attacks on American soil since Pearl Harbor &amp; 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
language: English
title: Touching History: The Untold Story of the Drama That Unfolded in the Skies Over America on 9/11
publisher: Free Press (NY et al.)