Touching History: The Untold Story of the Drama That Unfolded in the Skies Over America on 9/11

What led America to their decison.

Touching History, by Lynn Spencer, takes the readers throughout the course of 9/11 from the perspectives of pilots, air traffic control and civilians. The book travels through the day by jumping around from different airports, to air traffic control towers, military bases around the country and even onto the airplanes. At the begining of the book it is a normal day for everyone however it soon turned into a day that changes American's lives forever. The first plane to go "missing" was American 11.(crashed into the North Tower)The transponder on the aircraft was turned off. Air traffic control soon realized that the plane was hijacked however they did not know of its intensions. The next flight to go missing was United 175. (Crashed into the South Tower).was American 77.(Crashed into the Pentagon)The third plane hijacked was American 77.(Crashed into the Pentagon) The final plane hijacked was United 93 (Crashed into field in Pennsylvania). Air Traffic decided after the third plane was hijacked, to close all American air space and get every plane out of the air. They also called in every F-15 the military had available. Many flights were allowed to take off two days later on September 13th with heavy security and fighter jets in the air.

The major message in this book was that when people come together they can accomplish incredible things. For example, air traffic control was able to get every plane out of the sky. This was something that had never even been attempted.
I liked this book because it provided insight to what happened that day. The book was able to explain why the fighter jets were unable to stop any of the planes from crashing. I also liked that it took the readers into the cockpits of the hijacked planes. As readers we are able to hear the conversations of the pilots shortly before they were hijacked.
I disliked how the book jumped locations and time. This made it hard to keep up with the timeline of what happened when.
Someone should read this because it explains how air traffic reacted when they realized that America was under attack. It also provides insight into why some of the decisions were made that day.
A book that I would recommend would be 102 Minutes that Changed America.

WOW what a read i couldn't put it down Can't wait for the movie

Incredible book that goes behind the scenes of what happened on 9/11.

She Knows Whereof She Writes

The old adage about writing holds true once again...'write about what you know.' In Touching History, Lynn Spencer not only knows what she writes about...the world of airlines and pilots...but she had an inside, up front seat in a plane herself, as its commercial pilot on that fateful day, 9/11. And she tells the in-air drama from the pilots' point of view like it was, with carefully researched data, personal interviews with those who orchestrated this incredible airborne drama, and astute observations that drew me into the front seat of the planes with all these people. It was white knuckle time for Air Traffic Controllers, Pilots, Fighter Jocks, and the Commanders, who had to meld an all-in winning poker hand when dealt more jokers than aces, and my knuckles were white clutching the book, turning the pages, as they played each fateful card. They showed the American Can Do spirit, figured their way around log jams..and author Lynn Spencer was there, in the air that day, to hear and see that drama firsthand, to play her part, and once she was safely back on the ground, she knew she had touched history, and followed up to learn more so she could tell us about it. This is one of those books you don't want to miss! Get it...read it.

Amazing book

Incredible book that goes behind the scenes of what happened on 9/11. This book brings first hand accounts from the brave pilots, air traffic controllers, military, and other civilians who with a lack of leadership from our upper government made the right decisions to protect America. The tales and first hand accounts in this book make you feel as if you were there and brought out incredible emotions. At times I found it hard to hold back tears even though it's been 7 years. Everyone who is a true American should read this book. Lynn Spencer hit a home run on this one.

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A truly captivating account of what transpired in the military and commercial aviation on 9/11. Meticulously researched and well written. Once you start reading it you won't put it down. Breathtaking, second by second history of the valiant performance of those in command who were presented with a tragedy that none could have anticipated. Their responses will hearten those who ever had doubts about how our nation responded of that fateful day.

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