She’s willing to catch the mysterious stranger, and she joins forces with equally strong Ben and Bernice to stop tragedy before it strikes. What follows is a difficult waiting game as the flight heads toward what could either be nothing, or San Francisco's own 9/11. The courage, patience, and sacrifice that people are capable of, reveal themselves in stressful situations, and there are the people who help us survive catastrophes. The story slowly built up the suspense as the ground investigation brought home some ugly truths, and it was left to Helen to bring all the passengers home. Accidental Heroes lacks intensity at places, but it also gives us a bittersweet story that will tease the hormones responsible for emotions in a very satisfying manner.

Product Description Accidental Heroes is a heart-stopping thriller about ordinary people who embark on a journey they will never forget. The characters are more caricature than three-dimensional and the action scenes are just poorly thought out and show rather unforgivable levels of naivete. I liked the way readers are taken through the eyes of security with the passengers coming through for suitcases checked and pat down if necessary.With Accidental Heroes, Steel turns this rather trite setting into one fraught with emotion, determination and slight creepiness. As I mentioned in the opening of this review, there is definitely a blockbuster screen feel to this book and as a result, I could easily imagine it playing out in movie theatres. While it wasn't the best airline thriller I've read, it was a good one and I didn't want to out it down.

Part of the appeal of Accidental Heroes is the ordinary quality to the many characters that fill the pages of this heart stopping novel.While she didn’t use too much description, she showed enough for the reader create an image, and I think that’s the best an author can do.

But one fateful day their lives intersect in ways that would define how they view themselves for the rest of their lives. When Steel pits these characters against the odds, the story that emerges and the qualities these protagonists exude is quite liberating.She is also the author of His Bright Light , the story of her son Nick Traina's life and death; A Gift of Hope , a memoir of her work with the homeless; and the children's books Pretty Minnie in Paris and Pretty Minnie in Hollywood .