Gary M. Pomerantz
Nonfiction Author, Journalist, Lecturer
Nine Minutes, Twenty Seconds
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Summary
Nine Minutes, Twenty Seconds is a heart-pounding, real-life drama about how ordinary people rise above their fears and muster extraordinary courage and strength in the face of danger. In this gripping and inspiring story, Gary M. Pomerantz brings readers deep inside the hearts and minds of twenty-nine people whose fates take a dramatic turn when their plane crashes in a west Georgia hayfield.You will be amazed by how they react in those fateful moments, and by their remarkabe personal journies in the days and months that follow. Nine Minutes, Twenty Seconds speaks as powerfully about our capacity to care for others as it does about the strengths of our will to live.
Nine Minutes, Twenty Seconds
Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Crown (September 4, 2001)
Category: Nonfiction
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0609606336
ISBN-13: 978-0609606339
Reviews
"A heart-in-your throat story . . . Spellbinding." Kirkus (starred review)
"Pomerantz has crafted an honest, distressing narrative. He uses the kind of detail that makes you clench your teeth tightly. You feel the terror. It takes will power to read it. But it's worth it."
The Times of London