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Falling Through Clouds: A Story Of Survival, Love, And Liability (2014)

by Damian Fowler(Favorite Author)

3.64 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1250026229 (ISBN13: 9781250026224)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

St. Martin's Press

review 1: A gripping account of a family ripped apart by an aviation tragedy and their long-term struggles with the pilot's insurance company. I have no fear of commercial aircraft but after reading this will avoid general aviation at all costs. The contrasting accident and fatality statistics are bleak. But I digress... The point of the story was to highlight the lack of mandatory liability insurance for general aviation. It boggles the mind. Consider this: you cannot drive your car to a private airstrip without third-party liability but you can jump in your plane and cruise over a city center without any coverage. Imagine a plane crashing into your house and your only option is to sure the estate of the dead pilot? Good luck. In any event, this is the backdrop for a father's coura... moregeous fight to secure payment from a billion dollar insurance company in the wake of a crash that killed his wife and left his two young daughters badly burned. Facing staggering medical bills and a company's assertion that the policy was invalid, the father fights Goliath and tackles liability laws to prevent such a struggle for innocent victims ever again. An absolutely wonderful book.
review 2: As a long time resident of Minnesota and a lover of all that is the North Shore; this story was easy to visualize in many ways. Journalist Damian Fowler gives the reader a complete picture of this family's personal tragedy; a plane crash in Northern Minnesota in 2003. There are many details here which may dilute a reader's attention; legal and personal. We have a tendency in America to over share on just about everything. I'm not sure if it all needs to be aired because there is a beautiful elegance in privacy. The real message here is despite loss, despite hardship the human spirit is a force to be reckoned with. Clearly, the two young female survivors of this event capture our hearts because they are children and through their eyes we only receive a decadent honesty. less

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