Life Experience in Expression

In alaska I had occasion to fly on smaller planes to and from Kenai. On one particular trip (15 minute flight from Kenai to Anchorge) I was on a flight that had an open cabin and a singular seat on each side of the narrow aisle. I sat in the second seat from the front on the right side. As we approached Anchorage all of the lights in the pilot's cabin started going off, one of the captains reached for a notepad, glance at it and touched some buttons.  It didn't fix it. She then reached for the pad of paper again when suddenly the plane dropped and went sideways to the right, the beeping of the buttons were screaming through my brain. I was looking at the ocean right out my window. I gripped the seat in front of me and looked toward the lady in the seat next to me, her hair was falling in my direction as she was looking at me screaming "It was nice knowing you!!!" I couldn't speak, no words coming out from my lips, I turned my attention back to my ocean view out my window as we were hurtling towards it, my fingers clenching into the seat in front of me in terror. I felt surreal, as if I was in a movie. I thought...."this is it, it's the end. I'm gonna be a bobber out in the ocean and I'll be marked a no call, no show at work. Suddenly the beeping stopped and  plane straightened and we circled for the landing. I couldn't speak. It was an unbelievable event. When the plane landed the lady across from me looked at me and said, "I thought we were all gonners". I nodded my head and finally spoke, "me too". I followed behind her as we exited the plane she looked at the two captains and exclaimed, "I hope you aren't offended, I'm kissing the ground!" 

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