The Last Flight: The Untold Story of the Search for JFK Jr. and the Race Against the Atlantic

On a hazy July night in 1999, John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn, and her sister Lauren vanished over the waters off Martha’s Vineyard-triggering a national vigil and one of the most ambitious search operations in American history.For days, the world watched and waited. But the full story of what happened after the crash has never been told-until now. In The Last Flight, Captain W. Russell “Russ” Webster, the Coast Guard commander who led the search, and historian Theresa Mitchell Webster, take readers inside the high-stakes, emotionally charged mission to locate the missing aircraft and recover its passengers.Drawing on firsthand accounts, official reports, and newly uncovered insights, this gripping narrative reveals the unprecedented coordination between the Coast Guard, Navy, and NOAA in a race against time, technology, and the unforgiving sea. Beyond the headlines lies a powerful human story-of exhausted rescuers, clashing agencies, political pressure, and quiet acts of heroism