The culmination of hundreds of interviews with family members and months of investigation among the heroes is the definitive story of the courageous men and women aboard flight 93 and of the day that forever changed the way americans view the world and themselves. Among the heroes is the most interesting book that i have ever read it is written in a way that i have never seen before the book is about the passengers on united flight 93 during the september 9 2000 terrorist attacks. The culmination of hundreds of interviews with family members and months of investigation among the heroes is the definitive story of the courageous men and women aboard flight 93 and of the day that forever changed the way americans view the world and themselves. Among the heroes is the story of those passengers and their ordinary lives that became extraordinary it is the story of people determined not to allow the unthinkable to occur even though it cost them their own lives. Critics pick charles white was a giant even among the heroes he painted at the museum of modern art the first full scale look at charles whites career in about three decades traces a