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

by Garrett M. Graff

She said, “We were the lucky of the unlucky to have those last words.”

I wondered how something so bad could happen on such a beautiful, warm, and sunny day.

It’s impossible for you to die on the eve of your death. You only die when you have to die. You’re never close to death. You die or you’re alive.

I survived. My story is ongoing.