| Flying Tiger Down is
the new e-book name for Born
Again Irish. According to author and
publisher Fred Caruso, the content will be virtually the
same, but the change of title is intended to broaden public
appeal.
 Caruso
said the change will make internet search easier
and should eliminate confusion among some
readers that the book might have a religious theme due to
the use of the "Born Again" phrase. He said will maintain the Born Again Irish
theme throughout the book, but will emphasize that the
entire journey was
driven by the crash of the Flying Tiger. That deadly crash
has been a driving force in his life, he said, and was first
"step" of his life-long journey. Flying
Tiger Down is Born Again
Irish. Watch for an announcement of the ebook.
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Go to:-> Flying Tiger
Down / Born Again Irish
Go to:-> Through the
Rosebuds:
Tales of Rosebud Creek Montana
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Does "Flying Tiger Down - Born
Again Irish" Have Movie Potential?
Many readers have suggested the story be
made into a motion picture or a TV production. Here are some
of the factors that might make it an interesting film or
documentary:
** The plane held 78 men, women and
children, of which 7 were members of the crew. Most of the
men were Army paratroopers headed for Germany due to an
unexpected Cold War Crisis.
** The plane was a civilian airline on
contract the the military. It had a flight number, Flying
Tiger Lines Flight 923.
** Passengers and crew knew they were likely to crash
for 5 hours and during that time prepared for the end in
stages (safety drill) ** Rather than a gentle ditching, the end result was a
crash!
** Of the five life rafts, only one was used
by survivors. 51 people fought for space on that lone 25
person raft. Only 48 lived to see land.
** That one life raft inflated upside down,
causing the safety lights and medical safety kit be
unusable. No one was getting out to turn it right side up.
** That one raft was blown by high winds for
six hours (22 miles) before being intercepted by a Swiss
Freighter that did not have a ship to air radio transmitter.
The only known possible rescue ship was more than 12 hours
away.
** The storm and seas were so violent that
air access was virtually impossible for the first two days
at sea.
** Once the weather cleared, the beauty of
Ireland was visible and an air evacuation was launched from
Cork for the 17 most injured (primarily from sea water and
gasoline induced chemical burns).
** Soldiers, even those injured, were sent
on to duty without any kind of leave. The Army at that time
did not recognize post traumatic stress and gave it no
consideration.
** The Federal Aviation report of the
incident was only 37 pages long, compared with today's norm
of truckloads of paperwork. While the plane sunk in only
about 200 feet of water, no attempt was made to explore or
retrieve it.
Read the book to see more
basis for a movie or TV drama.
http://www.cgibooks.com/bai/
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