Warnings Unheeded: Twin Tragedies at Fairchild Air Force Base - Softcover

Brown, Andy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0997863404 ISBN 13: 9780997863406

Publisher: WU Press, 2016

Synopsis

The true story of the 1994 mass shooting and B-52 bomber crash at a US Air Force base. Written by the Security Forces airman who ended the killing spree, told in the words of the people who experienced the tragedies and those who struggled to prevent them.

On 20 June 1994, a former airman opened fire on the patrons and staff of the Fairchild Air Force Base hospital. Among his victims were the doctors who had warned of his descent into homicidal madness. Four days after the shooting spree, a B-52 bomber plunged to the ground during an airshow-practice flight. The fatal crash took the lives of four veteran aviators, including a reckless senior pilot and the young commander who had fought to have him grounded.

Drawing from extensive research and interviews, Warnings Unheeded details the before, during, and after of both tragic events. This incredible narrative reveals the signs of impending violence and disaster as seen through the eyes of the men and women who witnessed the tragedies unfold.

"This nonfiction narrative is a page-turner … you will not put it down."
—CMSgt William Kelly, USAF, OSI

"In vivid and thoroughly researched detail, Andy Brown masterfully weaves two tragic stories … this is an important and well-written read."
—Gregory K. Moffatt, Ph.D., Author of Blind-Sided: Homicide Where it is Least Expected

"A highly readable book … from a unique source. Recommended for a wide audience."
—Best-selling true-crime author, Ron Franscell

"Best book I've read in some time. Without lurid details or overwrought prose … [Brown] illustrates the events leading up to the twin tragedies with a thoroughness and professionalism I suspect he brings to every task he takes on … Brown's compassion for the victims is as clear as his prose … I highly recommend this book."
—R. Jenson, Gray Dog Press

"Warnings Unheeded should be the model and format used to catalog the events leading up to every mass violence incident … The amount of lessons learned in this book is astounding."
—Daniel Shaw, Former Infantry Unit Leader, U.S. Marine Corps

"An amazing book. Staff Sergeant Brown … saved countless lives with supernatural marksmanship skill … he has also proven himself to be a true warrior-wordsmith. … [P]rofoundly valuable for anyone who wants to understand violence and mental illness in our society today."
—Lt Col Dave Grossman, Author of On Killing

*** Contains more than 70 images and photographs ***

About this title

About the Author

Andy Brown is an Air Force, Law-Enforcement veteran who has worked as a Patrolman and Criminal Investigator.

An avid reader of nonfiction, Brown enjoys learning from historical events. He credits Charles Remsberg's Street Survival books for helping him end an active-shooter's killing spree at Fairchild Air Force Base in June of 1994.

Brown's research into the mass-murder incident, and the aviation disaster that occurred four days later, led him to write Warnings Unheeded. He hopes others will benefit from the impactful stories and the valuable lessons contained within them.

After leaving the Air Force, Brown returned to the area of Spokane, Washington where he lives with his family and works for the Department of Homeland Security.

More information, including audio files of the police response, can be found at: fairchildhospitalshooting.com/incidents/

From the Back Cover

Written by the man who ended the shooting spree, using information garnered from interviews, reports, witness statements, medical records, letters and journal entries. Andy Brown's narrative reveals the events that occurred before, during and after the tragedies.

"Profoundly valuable for anyone who wants to understand violence and mental illness in our society today." --Lt Col Dave Grossman, author of On Combat and On Killing

Edition details

• Publisher: WU Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0997863404
• ISBN 13: 9780997863406
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 378