Rethinking Air Travel

Once, while I was on an airplane – on my way to Texas – the power went off. That’s right the POWER went OFF. It just stopped. The lights went off. The turbines shut down. Things got scary quiet. Then, briefly, that sound that you hear planes make in WWII movies when they are dive-bombing… well that noise briefly started. Almost simultaneously, passengers started gasping, cussing, and screaming. People were freaked. I distinctly remember saying a prayer at that moment. It probably consisted of something really profound like: “God, please HELP!”

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