02100cam a2200337 i 4500 678853793 TxAuBib 20230228120000.0 221026s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2022039298 9781637584941 HRD 28.00 1637584946 HRD 28.00 TxAuBib rda Leventhal, Rick,. Chasing catastrophe : my 35 years covering wars, hurricanes, terror attacks, and other breaking news / Rick Leventhal. New York : Post Hill Press, 2023. 395 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Part memoir and part leadership manifesto, this book empowers those who are ready to work hard to overcome adversity and achieve their goals. In this book, Rick Leventhal shares some incredible highlights and some of the most challenging moments of a career spanning thirty-five years. Rick shares what it was like to sleep in the dirt in the Iraqi desert; to stand at the base of the Twin Towers in flames and run from the smoke cloud when they fell; to face a Category 5 hurricane; to be on scene when one of America’s most cheered and respected race car drivers crashed and died; to hurry to the frozen Hudson River from Midtown after Captain Sully landed his plane on its icy surface; to separate fact from fiction on the fly and figure out what could be reported—and what couldn’t; and to be in awe meeting some of the most famous people in America, only to learn they were fans of his work. 20230302. jz. Leventhal, Rick. Television journalists United States Biography. Reporters and reporting United States Biography. . Journalism United States History 20th century. Journalism United States History 21st century. United States History 1969- Biographies.