In the Blink of an Eye
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (510 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0812991745 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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--Tjames Madison. government play a role? Rumors spread like brush fire while investigators laboriously fished the pieces of the huge 747 out of the waters off Long Island and began putting the plane back together, piece by piece, to find out the truth. Milton's protagonist, FBI assistant director James Kallstrom, took the heat and shouldered the blame for a string of false leads, working the public as much as he worked the case--either way, it was a full-time job--and Milton captures the noble spirit of a dedicated man way past his breaking point and then extended further. Was it a bomb? A terrorist's missile? Did "friendly fire" from the U.S. As the days and weeks dragged on for the investigators, public clamor turned up the heat for a suspect, or at least a final determination, one that wouldn't come for months. Pat Milton takes us into the world of the FBI agents responsible for investigating Flight 800's horrific last flight. In the wake of
In the Blink of an Eye offers a rare look at the efforts of several government agencies--which often had different missions--to find the truth about the most mysterious and disturbing disaster in aviation history. Associated Press reporter Pat Milton has covered the story from day one and was granted unprecedented access to the FBI investigation--the largest and most complex in the agency's history.Initially suspecting that a crime had been committed, James Kallstrom, the head of the FBI's New York office, led the two-year investigation from the start. Their anguish was as much on Kallstrom's mind as the details of the mystery itself. Commercial jets don't just fall out of the sky. If a bomb or missile had caused the disaster, Kallstrom was determined to find the perpetrators before they struck again. So what happened? Was TWA's Flight 800 the first plane to be downed by enemy action within the United States? On the night of the crash, President Clinton told his national security advisors to ready a plan to retaliate if the destruction of Flight 800 proved to be a state-sponsored terrorist attack. In this vivid account, Pat Milton takes us inside the homes and lives of the victims' families as well as inside the investigation, and as close to the real cause of the crash as we'll ever come.From the Hardcover edition.. Like the sinking of the Titanic, the crash of TWA Flight 800 j
Three Stars Good read, and shows the conflict between the FBI, NTS, and other agencies during the after crash investigation.. Reads like a best selling work of fiction, but is true. A Customer This documentary of the crash of flight 800 is very well written and researched. Focus in on the personal disaster with valuable information regarding the physical aspects of the crash that were never reported in the media. Was hard not to have wet eyes during the reading of this tale of human drama and the search for the truth. Jim Kallstrom, who headed the investigation for the FBI, is a true hero and leader.. A highly biased and one-sided view of the tragedy. The book, as well-written as it is, does not present the full story of TWA 800. In it's haste to glorify the role of the FBI in the investigation, it neglects to mention that FBI agent James Kallstrom stole a piece of the wreckage to give away as a souvenir, the very crime for which journalist James Sanders, author of "The Downing of TWA Flight 800" was arrested, charged, and convicted of in a clear effort to silence him. Milton's book also fails to note that during the trial of James Sanders, sworn testimony by the scientist who conducted lab tests on behalf of