Warnings Unheeded: Twin Tragedies at Fairchild Air Force Base

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The true stories of mental illness, mass murder and aviation disaster at a US Air Force base. A narrative account of two separate mass-casualty incidents that occurred within days of each other at Fairchild Air Force Base. The use of the words of the people who experienced the tragedies, the book provides an in-depth look at the before, all the way through and after of a preventable “active shooter” incident and an avoidable fatal plane crash.
In one tragic week at Fairchild Air Force Base, an “active shooter” terrorized the base hospital and a talented but reckless pilot crashed a B-52 bomber near the flight line. Both fatal tragedies had been repeatedly predicted by a lot of airmen and mental health professionals. In “vivid and thoroughly researched detail” Warnings Unheeded delivers an unprecedented, revealing look at the events that led to the twin tragedies.
The book follows an “active shooter” as he progresses toward his crime and dispels the myth that these incidents are random acts of violence committed without warning by differently normal individuals.
In a parallel account, Warnings Unheeded tells the story of a veteran pilot who was known for exceeding the maneuvering limits of his B-52 bomber. His reckless flying not only endangered the lives of his crew, but also the air show spectators who gathered to watch him perform. When attempts to ground the pilot were unsuccessful, several aviators refused to fly with him and “predicted the worst air show disaster in history.”
Warnings Unheeded is a unique true crime book authored by Andy Brown, the man who ended the hospital killing spree, and is because of the more than seven years of writing and research. Brown “masterfully weaves” the stories together and intersperses them with chapters revealing the preparations he made that enabled him to end a pistol-versus-rifle gunfight with a 70 yard shot from his handgun. Brown also writes of his experience with the aftermath of the shooting and encourages others to learn from his mistakes relating to dealing with the effects of trauma.
These empowering stories are exhaustively researched and presented in an objective, narrative style that shows what can happen when authorities change into complacent, when the precursors of violence are ignored and when the lessons from history are forgotten.

“In vivid and thoroughly researched detail, Andy Brown masterfully weaves two tragic stories … this is crucial and well-written read.”
-Gregory K. Moffatt, Ph.D., Creator of Blind-Sided: Homicide Where it is Least Expected and A Violent Heart
“An amazing book. An instant classic. Staff Sergeant Brown is a true guardian who saved countless lives with supernatural marksmanship skill in a moment of great need, but he has also proven himself to be a true warrior-wordsmith who will save even more lives, as the lessons from this book are learned and applied in our current violent times. Absolutely “required reading” for law enforcement and mental health professionals, but also profoundly valuable for anyone who wants to take into account violence and mental illness in our society today.”
-Lt Col Dave Grossman (US Army, retired)Creator of On Combat, On Killing, and Assassination Generation

“There are specific lessons in this book that can help us to prevent lethal tragedy. Lessons for bosses, subordinates, and coworkers. Lessons for law enforcement, and for psychologists, and for human resources personnel. But there are also general lessons for all of us that can save lives, though perhaps not so dramatically nor so heroically as Andy Brown saving uncounted lives when he ‘rode to the sound of the guns.'”
-From the Foreword written by Massad Ayoob

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