Reviews and Endorsements

Back cover endorsement

Corsetti has written a wonderful book. It’s like reading a fine novel except it's all true. For aviation people it is also a valuable safety lesson. The author deserves praise and thanks.

Bob Buck author of North Star Over My Shoulder

Back cover endorsement

Tells a compelling and interesting story that exemplifies some of the complex decision-making pilots are faced with regularly.

Gregory Feith - Former NTSB investigator and Host of the History Channel’s Feature Show: Secrets of the Black Box

Library Journal -- Click here for the full review. (Note: If the document has moved, go to www.LibraryJournal.com and do a search on the book title.)

This well-researched, fast-paced study vividly re-creates the chain of errors that resulted in the catastrophe, the harrowing rescue missions, and the mixed effects of the tragedy on the subsequent lives of the crew, survivors, and rescuers. —John Carver Edwards, Univ. of Georgia Libs., Cleveland

Front Street Reviews - Click here for the full review. (If you get a page not found error just go to the home page of the web site and do a search from there.) www.frontstreetreviews.com

35 Miles From Shore by Emilo Corsetti III is the most astounding non fiction book I have ever had the pleasure of reading. Extremely detailed, well researched and action packed, this book is a don't put down book until it's finished, Wow!! -- Terry Studer

Foreward Magazine - Click here to go to Foreward Magazine online. Click on the May/June issue and then search for 35 Miles From Shore.

Frightening Flight. On May 2, 1970, ALM Flight 980 from New York to St. Maarten was forced to land in the rain-swollen Caribbean, where it floated for ten minutes before sinking in deep waters. How the fifty-seven passengers survived for an hour and a half in the shark-infested waters until the Coast Guard, Marines, and Navy arrived to the rescue, is harrowingly told here. -- Karl Helicher

www.newbookreviews.org - Click here for the full review.

This gripping account of a tragedy, with heroes galore, is mesmerizing reading. Corsetti's minute by minute style doesn't miss a thing. A 4 star Rating! -- Ron Watson

ThePilot - Click here for the full review

This was the only time a commercial jet flight had ever been ditched in open water. What follows is a tale of a "perfect storm" of incidents that led up to that ditching. -- Faye Dasen

Light My Kindle - Click here for the full review

I truly enjoyed the book. It was a fast read, unbelievably well-researched, and extremely interesting. Even if you’re not much of a non-fiction reader, this is an entertaining book that can capture your attention just as easily as a novel. -- CJ

Medina Gazette - Click here for the full review

Corsetti writes with startling clarity of the events leading up to the ditching of the DC-9 airplane, the actual ditching, the rescue efforts and then the post-flight investigation. Because the author interviewed individuals who survived the crash, when the airplane goes down, readers are seeing and hearing everything that’s happening. - Sandra Fahning