num_pages: 166
description: Chuck Grainger, a former Marine aviator, was a grounded co-pilot for Northeast Airlines. He was traveling as a passenger on a Los Angeles to New York commercial flight to meet his estranged wife to talk about divorce proceedings. Midway across the country, the flight was hijacked and redirected to the Dominican Republic. The terrorist act was in conjunction with a nuclear blackmail plot that effectively put the country into a panic. Purple Eagle is an hour-by-hour chronicle of events from the perspectives of not only Grainger, but also the chief terrorist, the head flight attendant, the Vice President of the United States, an on-the-scene Fox Television news reporter, and others. Written during the summer of 2001, Purple Eagle features scenes and situations that were actually played out in real life on Sept. 11, 2001. Although a work of fiction, Purple Eagle embodies many powerful and conflicting real-life themes.
language: English
title: Purple Eagle: Triumph Over Terror
titlecomplete: Purple Eagle: Triumph Over Terror
publisher: PublishAmerica