Resources by Mel Birdwell

Refined by Fire: A Family's Triumph of Love and Faith

by Brian Birdwell, Mel Birdwell and Ginger Kolbaba

2005 Gold Medallion Award finalist! When hijacked American Flight 77 slammed into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, LTC (RET) Brian Birdwell was only 15 to 20 yards away. He stepped out into the corridor and was instantly engulfed in flames—burns consumed 60 percent of his body, with almost 40 percent of them third-degree. Thirty-plus operations and coun… Read more…