Warnings Unheeded: Twin Tragedies at Fairchild Air Force Base
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On 20 June 1994, a gunman opened fire on the patrons and staff of the base hospital. Among the numerous casualties were the mental-health doctors who had warned of the troubled airman’s descent into homicidal madness. Four days later, a B-52 bomber plunged to the ground while performing dangerous air-show maneuvers. The explosive impact killed four of Fairchild’s most veteran aviators including a reckless senior pilot and the young commander who fought to have him grounded.
Expertly researched by the man who ended the gunman’s killing spree. With extensive use of firsthand accounts, this powerful narrative offers a rare insight into the impending violence and disaster as seen through the eyes of the men and women who witnessed the tragedies unfold.
Mass murder and aviation disaster that occurred suddenly... but not without warning.
"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. I highly recommend this book."
—R. Jenson, Gray Dog Press
"[A]s riveting and dramatic as anything Tom Clancy ever composed."
—Amazon Review
"[T]his is the BEST true life, Holy S*** book I have ever read. I have read Tom Clancy, Vince Flynn, Brad Thor, Lee Child, and many others ... [Brown's] ability to share facts about two horrific events is incredible."
—SSgt Frank Brown, USAF, Security Police
"[Brown's] flow and organization rival that of Oreilly's killing series. [A] great piece of Air Force history."
—Amazon Review
"[A] hit with true crime fans, veterans, and readers with an interest in psychology, history, law enforcement, military, or aviation."
—Rose City Reader
"An amazing book. [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
"Warnings Unheeded delivers memorable insights into the … resilience heroes need to fight back from the emotional toll of protecting other lives."
—Charles Remsberg, Author of Street Survival
"In vivid and thoroughly researched detail, Andy Brown masterfully weaves two tragic stories. [T]his is an important and well-written read."
—Gregory K. Moffatt, Ph.D., Author of Blind-Sided: Homicide Where it is Least Expected
"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 L. Shaw
"A highly readable book ... from a unique source. Recommended for a wide audience."
—Best-selling true-crime author, Ron Franscell
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An avid reader, Brown enjoys learning from history and appreciates the works of nonfiction-storytellers like Erik Larson. He studies criminal violence and its psychological effects through books like Dave Cullen's Columbine and Ron Franscell's Delivered from Evil. Brown 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 within them.
Brown lives with his family in the area of Spokane, Washington and works for the Department of Homeland Security.
More information, including radio interviews and audio files of the police response, can be found at: FairchildHospitalShooting.com
