{"product_id":"book-126j","title":"Ash and Honor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublishing for the 25th anniversary of 9\/11: A never-before-told account of the military, national security, and aviation response to the devastating attacks against the United States\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAsh and Honor\u003c\/em\u003e is a masterclass of narrative journalism, putting into a shocking new context what really happened on September 11, 2001. Investigative journalist Jeffrey Robinson weaves together the stories of more than 60 eye-witnesses to history, many of whom have never spoken publicly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe pilot in the cockpit of what was possibly \"the fifth plane\"; the pilots of the fighter jets on a suicide mission to stop the attack; the pilot of Air Force One, facing a direct threat to the plane, who told himself, \"Time to be Tom Cruise.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOfficials in a bunker five stories below the White House, where an illegal order was made to shoot down a civilian passenger jet; in a tense meeting in the National Military Command Center's top-secret Air Threat Conference; and in NORAD's underground Cheyenne Mountain, where the commanding General declared \"Battle stations\" deep inside and ordered the 30-ton hardened steel blast doors shut.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd the FAA's national operations manager, who ordered all planes in the air to land; the Canadian Minister of Transport, who dealt with 238 planes and 33,000 passengers diverted to Canada; and a three-star general in Alaska, who stared down Vladimir Putin, while Russian bombers flew right up to the edge of US airspace as America's nuclear response was put on worldwide alert.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAsh and Honor\u003c\/em\u003e is a thrilling, first-hand account of the ash and honor of America's darkest day.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":66836905427248,"sku":"BD126j","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":66836905460016,"sku":"ZE126j","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":66836905492784,"sku":"ZM126j","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/126j-Square-cover.jpg?v=1779907255","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-126j","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}