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white by ann patchett, the only plane in the sky, and oral history of 9/11 by garrett m.rrated by a fool cast. bryce dallas howard, mae whitman, derek jacoby and margaret advocate. >> the audie awards goes to simon & schuster audio for "the only plane in the sky," and oral history of 9/11. ♪ [applause] >> thank you so much to the judges for this -- it is incredibly humbling with that scene. this is a project that has meant so much to me for so many years, trying to pull together the voices of 480 americans who we follow through 9/11 morning tonight coast-to-coast. i want to thank simon & schuster for believing in this project, and my editor and tom from simon & schuster, i think i could actually hear tom's head explode when i told them what i wanted to do with this audiobook. then holter graham and dutch who made this come to life and brought the others, hundreds of voices they did for this. thank you all for helping me share this story with so many americans who were not alive for 9/11. i hear almost every day from people who are learning about 9/11 through this audioboo