California plane crash

The stories of heroism are beginning

to surface related to the crash of 

the Boeing 777 that emergency landed in 

San Francisco, California.

As usual, I am going to blog about it.

It seems these types of stories always touch

me to the point that I have to make comment.

It is hard to believe, watching the news footage,

hearing the stories, that only two

exchange students, 16 years old, died.

There are some critically ill but all in all 

out of the 300 something passengers,

very few are injured physically.

This morning there is the story of

the stewardess who would not leave the

wreckage before everyone was off the plane.

Even once she evacuated, she calmly spoke

to reporters only to find out later that

she had a broken tailbone.

Adrenalin, it's a wonderful thing in crisis.

There is the other story of an elementary boy

who was traveling alone and was terrified

to go down the slide to safety so the

stewardess that was assigned to him,

brought him to safety on her back.

I can only imagine how grateful his parents are.

Nothing seems to have gone has planned as

when the slides inflated, the inflated

inside the plane instead of outside pinning

two stewardess' under the slides.

Their coworkers used an ax to deflate

the slides and save their friends.

So many awesome stories but lets not forget

the two young girls from another country,

only 16 years old, excited to spend time

in the good ol' US of A, a place

that before, they had only heard of.

I can only imagine their excitement for 

all they were going to see, do, learn.

I think of the families that were going

to be the ones chosen to house them and

show them our beautiful country, waiting at

the airport to pick them up only to find out

that out of the over 300 passengers,

only their young visitors were the ones

who had perished. I wonder, how you make that call?

The call to a foreign land to explain their children 

have died. 

I know many more stories will be heard of,

I also know that although physical bodies are intact,

the mind, the mind will work wonders on the survivors.

Next time I fly, I most certainly will pay better attention

to the announcements prior to take off.

Prayers for all involved.