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Courage After the Crash: Flight 93 Aftermath--An Oral and Pictorial Chronicle

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I loved this book! It's the first 9/11 book I've seen that let's the people involved with the aftermath tell the story rather than the author. If you like Studs Terkel, you'll love this book, and if you don't know him you'll like it anyway. The oral chronicle combined with the pictures will produce a variety of emotions. This is the kind of book you'll want to keep, buy for your kids and save forever as an heirloom. It's one of those books where you need to read part of it, put it down, think about what you read and pick it back up again because of the nature of the content. By the nature of the interviews, you feel like you were right there sitting with the people being interviewed. This book has a healing effect as well. You realized others may have had the same feelings you did.

A beautiful tribute to the people who were involved with the aftermath.

The author has poignantly and beautifully portrayed the feelings and emotions of the people of Somerset County during the aftermath of the crash of Flight 93.

You can't read this book without crying, but although you'll cry, the feelings, thoughts and stories shared will make you feel good about being human. A few of the stories recounted will even make you laugh. In addition to the first-hand accounts, the book is packed with interesting informaion and great pictures. It's a book to buy, read and hold onto.

I admit that I was sceptical at first, but after reading the preface, I was hooked. I read the book (cover-to-cover) in one sitting, and still I find myself glancing back from time to time. I am amazed how Dr. Kashurba seems to "get out of the way" of the story and allows the subjects of the book to tell their stories. I am a Somerset County, Pennsylvania resident. I will pass this book on to my children as I tell them about the horrible events that occurred 9-11-01.

So now I ask myself how I would react if the Flight 93 crash had happened in San Diego where I live. How would you react if Flight 93 crashed in your community? We will not know, because this type of plane crash WILL NEVER HAPPEN IN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN.
165 miles north west of Washington D.C. on 9/11, Somerset Pa, took the blow of the Flight 93 plane crash. Maybe 15 to 20 seconds more air time, school children, home dwellers, or some people playing golf could have been killed by hijacker terrorists. This book describes how the people of Somerset reacted to that.
A weedy field and wooded area in Somerset County is now the resting place of 40 people who fought back against 4 of the terrorists on 9/11. I know now after reading Dr. Kashurba's book, how alot of the people who live in and around Somerset, especially those in Shanksville and Lambertsville, handeled the aftermath of this particular crash and how they helped families of the Flight 93 passengers and crew turned heroes.

I live in the vicinity of the Flight 93 crash, but did not visit the site until several months after the crash. This book gave me the information I needed to understand the reactions of the people involved. Why I was feeling like I was when visiting the site and why I needed to visit on a regular basis.