Final Destination?!
Trip Start
Jan 13, 2005
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Trip End
Apr 28, 2005
Dallas,
Texas,
United States
Thursday, January 13, 2005
Did you ever see Final Destination?! (clang! bam!)The plane...shakes...everything rattling! (bang!)
Well, since this just may be MY final destination, please let me tell you about this one! The plan dips then shakes and everything rattles. The flight attendants look at each other for a moment, then keep on with their drink service. That was 5 minutes ago.
4 minutes ago the pilot comes on and in an ever-so-friendly tones says 'well, folks, it looks like we just may catch the lower tip of that storm that blew into L.A. last week. We are gonna try to fly over. Everyone take their seats, make sure your belts are on.' Bong, bong.
3 minutes ago: Bong, bong. 'Flight attendants: buckle in and brace down.' (BAMMM!!)
2 minutes ago my teeth start rattling out of my mouth and the flight attendants look worried. (crunch, shatter) Now THAT's a problem! You can't shake those people usually!! We dip for what must be hundreds of feet. (bang, crash!)
1 minute ago I got used to the shaking, clanging and rattling. I begin to find my place of zen and think about how my stomach doesn't even jump when I climb 1000 feet a minute. I compare that to the twirling my stomach is doing now per second and try to calculate how far the plan moves with each bump! (rrrrrraaaaattttllllleee, bang!, crash, boooom!)
Then... nothing. We all wait for the next flurry of punches but nothing comes. It is all silent.
"Dude," says the guy in the window seat in my aisle. We look over to see him staring out the window. "Look at how beautiful." We all stare out into the black serene night and see the silent lightning below. As if on cue, the plane tilts comfortably left and drifts on in cotton silence.
