Jerry M. Young

On September 11, 2001, the very day terrorists crashed into New York City's Twin Towers, Pam Elder, senior legislative assistant to Congressman Harry Ascot, boards a non-stop flight from Washington, D.C. to Seattle's SEA-TAC airport. She's carrying the video of a secret meeting of Al-Qaeda leaders who plan to attack one of America's major airplane manufacturing facilities in the Pacific Northwest. Three terrorists have been assigned to get it back -- at any cost. When her flight -- now The Fifth Flight of 9-11, is grounded, she's forced to complete her trip by car. She accepts the help of Chris Hansen, a U.S. Navy SEAL, who is recovering from battlefield wounds. It's a battle of wits from Chicago to Seattle with help coming from unlikely sources -- to both sides. Finally, in the confines of an abandoned meadow the issue is resolved as the two sides clash in a gunfight that leaves two dead.