Flight 93

Flight 93

Tom McMillan

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc
Año de edición:
2015
Materia
Terrorismo, lucha armada
ISBN:
9781493009343
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Now in paperback, the most complete account of what actually took place aboard Flight 93 – from its delayed takeoff in Newark to the moment it plunged upside-down at 563 miles per hour into an open field in rural Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Flight 93 provides a riveting and complete narrative of the lead-up, event, and aftermath of the flight, based on interviews, oral histories, personal tours of the crash site and evidence recently made public.

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