The story of Arne Kruithof, the boy from Rotterdam who taught the hijacker of United Airlines Flight 93 to fly. This book describes the journey through life, of a boy born in 1963 in Rotterdam the Netherlands, who grew up in a polder landscape in a family with a Dutch father and a German mother. He does not complete his high school education and roams through Europe and North Africa. He cannot find his footing...

The story of Arne Kruithof, the boy from Rotterdam who taught the hijacker of United Airlines Flight 93 to fly. This book describes the journey through life, of a boy born in 1963 in Rotterdam the Netherlands, who grew up in a polder landscape in a family with a Dutch father and a German mother. He does not complete his high school education and roams through Europe and North Africa. He cannot find his footing back in Holland and goes to America for pilot training. He sets up a flying school in Venice, Florida. On 9/11 it happens. Arne does not know that he has trained a hijacker till the FBI and Police are on his doorstep. With his life work, the flying school goes downhill, his father dies and his wife divorces him. A battle to survive starts. This is not just a book about 9/11 and the relationship between the hijacker and Arne, but a story about the many travels Arne has experienced. Today, he lives in Nokomis Florida, and dreams about his next adventure: a world sailboat tour accompanied by his two sons, Sebastian and Rafael.