Allison Lichtenberg

“I wrote, “Rescue 2, John Napolitano, I’m here and I love you. Dad.”
― Garrett M. Graff, The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11

“Gently I pointed out that it should be “sheep,” and though he was so tired that he could hardly keep his eyes open, he launched into an interrogation as to why the singular should be the same as the plural and wanted to know all the other English words which had this peculiarity.”
― James Herriot, The Lord God Made Them All

“Bruno Dellinger, principal, Quint Amasis North America, North Tower: When I arrived home, on my apartment door there was a Post-It from one of my interns who left a funny note: “If you’re alive, I’m still alive.”
― Garrett M. Graff, The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11

“The vast majority of the sources for this book are pulled from the oral history projects housed at seven institutions: The National September 11 Memorial & Museum (New York City), the 9/11 Tribute Museum (New York City), the Arlington County Public Library Oral History Project (Virginia), C-SPAN (Washington, D.C.), the Historical Office of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (The Pentagon, Virginia), the Flight 93 National Memorial (Shanksville, Pennsylvania), and the U.S. House of Representatives Historian’s Office (Washington, D.C.), as well as interviews and stories collected by myself.”
― Garrett M. Graff, The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11