NEW BOOK PLANNED ON FLIGHT 232 SURVIVORS

AN AUTHOR FROM CHICAGO IS WRITING A BOOK ABOUT THE SURVIVORS OF UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 232. LAURENCE GONZALES HAS INTERVIEWED OVER 30 SURVIVORS FROM THE SIOUX CITY PLANE CRASH OF JULY 19TH, 1989.

GONZALES SAYS HE WAS INSPIRED TO WRITE THE BOOK AFTER READING THE STORY OF JERRY SCHEMMEL, A CRASH SURVIVOR WHO RESCUED A BABY FROM THE WRECKAGE OF THE PLANE:



GONZALES HAS PREVIOUSLY WRITTEN THE BEST SELLER "DEEP  SURVIVAL" AND HAS A SEQUEL TO THAT BOOK COMING OUT THIS FALL:



HE SAYS THE 232 BOOK WILL BE ABOUT HOW THE SURVIVORS HAVE DEALT WITH THE CRASH AND GONE ON WITH THEIR LIVES. GONZALES HOPES TO FINISH IT IN THE NEXT YEAR AND PUBLISH AROUND THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CRASH IN JULY 0F 2014.