Three Thing I Learned While My Plane Crashed On January 15, 2009, US Airways flight 1549 crash-landed on the Hudson River in New York City. Several large geese had flown into its engines and caused both of them___(fail). Due to a combination of pilot skill and pure luck, everyone...
RicElias: Three things I learned while my plane crashed Imagine a bid explosion,as you climb through 3000 ft. Imagine a plane full of smoke. Imagine an engine going clackclackclack. Sounds scared. Well I had a unique seat that day. I was seating on 1D.I was the only one who can ...
RicElias:ThreethingsIlearnedwhilemyplanecrashed Imagineabidexplosion,asyouclimbthrough3000ft.Imaginea planefullofsmoke.Imagineanenginegoingclackclackclack. Soundsscared.WellIhadauniqueseatthatday.Iwasseatingon 1D.Iwastheonlyonewhocantalktotheflightattendance.SoI lookedatthemrightawayandtheysaid,"noproblem.We...
I can’t help but look at this, and reflect on the world we live in. Too often we quickly blame other people, other things, anything else6ourselves. The world isn’t perfect, but I think we should take a step back sometimes and ask7(we) some tough questions. Can I be better? Is...
“I like people to play with things more than read and write,” she says. So she researched her idea on the Internet, found a company in China that could make it, saved up her pocket money and got her idea made. Paula says her daughter “thinks differently”: Ideas jump into her min...
There were loud clanking sounds here and there while the lift grew slower and slower. My heart beat hard and fast as my hands turned cold and wet with sweat. Unfortunately, the lift came to an abrupt stop at...
on February 6,1966, but I remember my first day here very clearly. My friend was waiting for me when my plane landed at Kennedy Airport at three o' clock in the afternoon. The weather was very cold and it was snowing, but I was too excited to mind. From the airport, my[translate]...
"The one-design class has become difficult for me given the injuries I picked up during the professional career. But I'm good enough to become a helmsman in the J80 competition. I want to lead my team and other sailing fans...
A small plane had some trouble with its engine while still in the high sky. The pilot knew that there was nothing he could do to keep the plane long in the air. So he rushed back to where his passengers sat and explained the dangerous situation. In the end he said “I'm a married...
I could never understand why there were so many things in the sales. Now I know the secret! Firstly, there is the special winter stock and the stock that people buy all the year round. Some of these things are slightly reduced. Secondly, there are the summer clothes they couldn’t sell...