Run as Fast as You Can!

"The vivid cinematic narration drawn from the author's personal experience makes the reader an invisible observer of the deadliest Urban Fire of the 21st century and an undeniable witness to the moments experienced by the civilians fighting the unequal battle with the fiery monster, forcing themselves to discover their survival limits." Athens Voice "A documento written out not only to honor the lost lives of a Great Civil Disaster, but also to praise the unexpected heroism born inside it." GALA/Proto Thema

"12+1 real stories culminating in parallel to the holocaust and demonstrating the how & why that nightmarish afternoon the sun set earlier in Eastern Attica than anywhere else in Greece." LIFO

George G. Spanos is a published writer and researcher of untold real stories and has lived in Mati, Greece during various seasons and periods of the last 40 years. He holds an MSc in Disaster, Crisis, and Environment Management Strategies from the Athens University. His awarded Thesis was Urban Fires Case Study: Mati, Eastern Attica, Greece 23.07.2018 and its Management; Personal Rescue and Emergency Evacuation Through Survivors' Testimonies.