Explosion at Orly
Subtitle: the disaster that transformed Atlanta
By: Ann Uhry Abrams.
Publisher: Avion Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Atlanta, GA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
Subjects: Aircraft accidents -- France -- Orly.; Aircraft accident victims -- Georgia -- Atlanta.; Aircraft accident victims -- France -- Orly.; Atlanta (Ga.) -- History -- 20th century.; Atlanta (Ga.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Other titles: Disaster that transformed Atlanta
Description: Chronicles the crash of a chartered Air France jet at Orly Airport in France, on June 13, 1962, killing all 132 passengers and crew on board, 106 of them from Atlanta, Georgia, and the impact this loss had on the city of Atlanta.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-233) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface: Horrific deja vu; title: Part I: Atlanta at the crossroads. Culture of the capital ; City too busy to hate ; Society at the crossroads ; From commerce to community ; Atlanta vs. Georgia ; Women on their own ; Committment to the arts; title: Part II: Traveling abroad. The departure ; Trip to the Louvre ; Orly Airport; title: Part III: The unimaginable. The day Atlanta stood still ; Grief and coping ; Survival and commemoration; title: Part IV: The phoenix rises. Building a memorial ; Changed lives, changed city.