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Date Posted: Monday, August 08, 06:01:41pm
Author: Blue
Subject: A Hero In the Sky...Something While You Wait

Hello everyone, (((((((((Everyone)))))))))

I have a story for you while you wait...

I work with a man who survived a commercial airline crash in the early 1980's. His plane was carrying over 200 passengers. The reason why he surrvived was because he was sitting in the very back row of the plane, which is reinforced in order to protect the "black box" underneath his seat from being destroyed in a crash. (The black box is the voice recorder which is what authorities listen to in the event of a plane crash.) I'm not trying to creep anyone out here...but I found that he told me something I never knew, and I thought I would pass it on.

Have you ever seen movies where a plane is about to crash, the oxygen masks drop down, and every one is panicking, screaming, crying ect? And reasonably so? Well he said that that's not what really happens. He said that the oxygen masks do drop down, and do provide oxygen...but only for a short while. If the pilot believes that the crash is going to be fatel, without a chance of survivors, he cuts the oxygen to the passenger cabin, not only to reduce the explosion...but mainly so that the passengers pass out from lack of O2, or "fall asleep"...so they do not experience the horror and pain of hitting on impact.

After the crash, he was taken into a briefing room where authorities asked him questions about what happened. One of the questions that they asked him was "Were you tired...did you feel like you were going to pass out?" And he replied that yes he was so tired that he couldn't keep his eyes open or his head up. Which would be unusual considering how much adrenalin would be running threw some ones body in such an event. Indicating to them that the pilot knew the crash would be fatel, and none the less, cut the oxygen...as a last attempt for humanity...to ease his passengers...knowing he was going to die.

I truly appologize if this post bothers anyone. I found it too heroic, not to share with everyone.

always,
Blue

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