PREVIEW EXCERPT of We Are Going In: The Story of the 1956 Grand Canyon Midair Collision

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Harry Allen’s circumstances One seat was never sold Sense and senselessness The crushing of nine families The enigmatic physical world in its role as a judge

Chapter 18 .........................................................................................315 a. Saturday, July 7: The twelve men who spent the night up high arise to face another day b. Seven more men join the team via helicopter, and more bodies are airlifted out c. Details of how the incredible aerial rigging was operated d. The extreme dangers of working in the lower part of the gully e. Finishing finding the recoverable remains f. The special Congressional investigatory hearing held all day in Las Vegas g. The press badly distorts the testimony of William K. Andrews, Director of the Bureau of Safety Investigation of the CAB h. Newspaper stories fly claiming that Andrews blamed TWA i. What Andrews really meant j. Some of the damage done by the press Chapter 19 .........................................................................................326 a. Saturday, July 7: My family receives the dreaded word that Uncle Jack’s remains have been identified b. Sunday, July 8: Uncle Jack’s memorial service c. Congressmen are landed at the United crash site, to witness the scene and confer with the rescuers d. The rescuers decide to stop searching e. Some of the rescuers leave and some of them remain f. Lewis and Batson rejoin civilization in Flagstaff g. The charter flight from Kansas City for the TWA memorial service - xxv -


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