Down Around Midnight: A Memoir of Crash and Survival

"Sabbag examines the crash both as an outstanding reporter investigating an old story, talking to those involved and meticulously piecing together the evidence, and also as a survivor confronting his own demons and the inevitable vagaries of memory… A compelling and tightly written reconstruction of the crash and his struggle to come to terms with the near-death experience." -Boston Globe "Sabbag has a knack for thumbnail portraits and sardonic humor… eloquent…" -Time "His most emotionally resonant book… A remarkably powerful, human story not merely of a plane crash but of the impact that one brief moment can have on an entire life… " -Booklist "Wonderfully readable… Sabbag has a journalist's eye for detail and a sardonic style that would be entertaining no matter the topic… The conclusions he comes to are thought-provoking and wise." -Minneapolis Star Tribune