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    Monday, April 19. 2010

    The Deafening Silence


    It would unquestionably be terrifying.


    Suddenly, flying 30,000 feet above the ground, a massive depressurization takes place and the airliner starts to break apart.  It tumbles toward the ground, bucking and spinning, as the last seconds of your life turn into a living nightmare.


    The only good news is, in the chaos around you, your mind would be so overwhelmed that you'd be in shellshock, with no time to contemplate what could have been, no time to regret what never will be, and no time to say goodbye to life, itself.


    But, as ugly as that is, there is one scenario that might even be worse.


    You're flying along at 30,000 feet when suddenly...


    Click.


    All four engines stop.


    You don't like the depressurization scenario?  Well, lucky you, you now have minutes upon minutes to contemplate what might have been, to regret what never will be, and plenty of time to say goodbye to life, itself, before you cartwheel into the sea and disintegrate.


    Lucky you.


    A few weekends ago I decided to wig out and watch every single 'airline disaster' show on YouTube.  There were about twenty of them.


    And, as terrifying as many of them were, there was one that stood out above the rest.


    The one where the engines suddenly went click.


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