Paul McElroy's novel "Tracon" is a gripping tale about the airline
             industry and in particular the air traffic controllers. McElroy has
             created a fast paced, page turning story that can cause even the most
             seasoned airline passenger to feel wary of ever flying again.
             McElroy gives the reader an intricate detailed account about the
             inner workings of the air traffic controllers and how stressful and
             difficult their work really is. The story portrays a behind-the-scenes of
             one of the nation's busiest airports, Chicago's O'Hare Airport, with such
             realistic description and dialogue that McElroy's novel reads more like
             McElroy begins his story with a mid-air collision of two passenger
             jetliners, a Coastal 757 and an Atlantic 727. From the first page, the
             author crabs the reader's attention.
             â€"the first officer saw the Coastal Airlines
             757 burst out of the clouds from the left. He
             yanked on the control yoke and jammed one
             rudder pedal to the floor in a desperate attempt
             to steer above and behind the other plane. The
             727 was starting to respond when the outboard
             edge of its port wing grazed the top of the 757's
             starboard wing. Then the Jurassic jet shook violently
             from a sickening crunch of metal as the wing slashed
             through the vertical stabilizer on Coastal's tail, ripping
             half of it away" (McElroy 9).
             In just four sentences McElroy sets the stage for the unthinkable tragedy
             about to unfold. He then goes on to describe the horror the passengers
             faced as they realized the plane was out of control and on a crash course.
             The author then jumps from the tragedies taking place on the planes to a
             yacht sailing below whose owner and afternoon date witness the debris
             falling from the sky. McElroy then flashes to O'Hare Airport.
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