The Only Plane in the Sky

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Listening length: 15 hours and 54 minutes, read by a 45-person cast, including Holter Graham and the author. This comprehensive oral history of September 11, 2001, presents a panoramic narrative through the voices of those who experienced this unprecedented national trauma. While extensive literature has explored various aspects of 9/11, this account uniquely captures the day through firsthand testimonies. Award-winning journalist Garrett Graff draws from unpublished transcripts, declassified documents, interviews, and oral histories from nearly five hundred individuals, including government officials, first responders, witnesses, and survivors. Beginning in the early hours at Northeast airports, we meet ticket agents who unknowingly assist terrorists, flight attendants aboard hijacked planes, and first responders confronting unimaginable horror at the Twin Towers. Officials in a secret White House bunker monitor incoming planes, while pilots of unarmed fighter jets prepare to intercept hijacked aircraft. Civilians on United Flight 93 make a heroic sacrifice, and as flights are grounded, Air Force One circles the country with isolated passengers. This narrative goes beyond eyewitness accounts, illustrating how ordinary people faced extraordinary events in real time. It honors the courage of everyday Americans and serves as an essential contribution to the literature of 9/11, weaving together unforgettable personal experien