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    Bracing for Impact: True Tales of Air Disasters and the People Who Survived Them
    Bracing for Impact: True Tales of Air Disasters and the People Who Survived Them
    Bracing for Impact: True Tales of Air Disasters and the People Who Survived Them
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    Bracing for Impact: True Tales of Air Disasters and the People Who Survived Them

    By Robin Suerig Holleran, Lindy Philip and David Soucie

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    Surviving is a true blessing that few get to experience.”

    Being strapped in the seat of a plane as it plunges into a nosedive midair is everyone’s worst nightmare. Bracing for Impact’s compilers and contributors know. They have both lived out that fear and survived, albeit badly hurt, in their own plane crashes.

    In this collection of true-life survivor tales, people from all walks of lifea freelance writer, a crew member of the Lynyrd Skynyrd band, a naval flight surgeon, a teenager, and a newlywed on her honeymoon, among othersrecount their traumatic narrow escapes as engines stalled, fuel ran out, hazardous weather conditions descended, and landings did not go according to plan. In the face of death, as life flashed before their eyesor not, as some wryly notethese survivors encountered the terrific split of before and after the crash. Their lives, though preserved, would change forever.

    Perhaps more significant than the crash itself is how each story plays out in the aftermath of the ordeal. In heart-wrenching, unrelenting honesty, these stories explore the wide spectrum of impacts on survivorsranging from debilitating fear, post-traumatic stress disorder, and substance abuse, to a renewed sense of urgency, where survivors swear to live each day to the fullest and rededicate their lives to helping others.

    Including the 1977 story of the Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash that killed lead singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, and vocalist Cassie Gaines, Bracing for Impact is as much a horrific account of air disasters as it is a celebration and recognition of the people who survived them.

    Fans of the 2016 Clint Eastwood film Sully starring Tom Hanks will enjoy this edge-of-your-seat read!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSkyhorse
    Release dateOct 27, 2015
    ISBN9781510700321
    Bracing for Impact: True Tales of Air Disasters and the People Who Survived Them

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      Bracing For Impact is a book of stories written by members of an unique unenviable club. Those who have been in both private and commercial plane crashes and lived to tell about it......the relief, the shock, the fear that takes hold for years and the the guilt. Having worked at a flight school myself, and been married to a corporate pilot i have had my share of horror. At this point in my life i have chosen to never fly....even tho logically i know it's quite safe! A group of folks who found each other on-line and formed a type of 'lean on my shoulder, i understand' club that no one ever hopes to join.Simple stories with explanations and follow-ups, not heavy duty aviation terms.

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