The Only Plane in the Sky: The Oral History of 9/11

Whew. I feel like I have been pushed underwater and held down, struggling to get back up into the air. The experience of reading this book, reading page after page after page of stories and perceptions and thoughts about 9/11, was devastating, troubling, horrifying, all-encompassing, with occasional moments of great beauty and transcendence. I don't think I have ever read a book that has been such a deeply emotional experience. I feel like I have been immersed in the day, as if I have somehow been able to be on each plane, inside each building, with the president and the military, and watching with the people on the street.