It all happened in a quick two seconds. My heart raced like I was going through the last few moments of my life. The only thing I could think about was dieing.
I was pumped up and ready to go to Charlotte, NC with my aunt for the weekend. I was going to miss two days of school and enjoy it somewhere else; can it get better than that? We got to the airport and checked in our bags and got our tickets. We went to the gate and started boarding. The plane was full; there were over five hundred people on that flight. Me and my aunt took our seats and stared out the window. I couldn’t stop smiling, in a few minutes we would be out of New York and heading our way to North Carolina.
An hour later, my aunt got up for the restroom and the plane started to shake tremendously. And then in no time the pilot came on the intercom and said, “We will have to land, we will have to land!” “Everyone take your seats, put on your life jackets and gas masks!” “HURRY!” Everyone ran to there seats as fast as they could. Babies were crying and little kids were screaming. Grandmas and Grandpas were reaching there blood pressure limit. No one knew what was going on. I was holding on to my aunts’ hand as hard as I could. Tears were slowly rolling down my cheeks. I closed my eyes.
Sooner or later all there was was a crash. After hearing the loud crash I took a peek out the window to see where we had landed. We were surrounded by water. Then this old man said, “Were in the Hudson Bay.” Everyone looked calm and was waiting for further instructions. That was everyone but me, I was freaking out. I was glad we landed safe and that no one was hurt, it’s just that taking a peek out the water gave me the chills. I learned everything a kid does when they’re little but the only thing I didn’t learn was how to swim. My aunt said the life jackets would help me float above the water so I won’t drown, I didn’t think so.
Ten minutes later there came loads of ambulances, fire trucks, police cars, rescue boats, and helicopters. We all started to get off the plane as fast as we could. Everyone carefully stepped on the wing of the plane, and made there way to shore. The water was freezing; it felt like it was below zero. I took baby steps on the wing of the plane, crossing my fingers that I wouldn’t fall. I made it to shore relieved. When I looked across the ocean I could see all our baggage and stuff floating on top of the water. The nurses and doctors gave us blankets to wrap our selves up in. We sat in this deck house where all the passengers where. They were all curious of what had happened. Then a police man came in and said, “I am glad everyone’s okay and no one got hurt. What had happened was a flock of birds came in the way while the pilot was steering the plane, and one of those birds got caught in the engine of the plane and had started a fire. The pilot had to land as fast as he could. There was no way he could find an airport close by, and he didn’t want to land on houses or highways and take the lives of others. So he landed in the Hudson Bay, where no one could be in harm. You should be thankful for a pilot that actually cares about his passengers not all pilots would do that.” Then the police man left the room.
As I looked up I could see tears suddenly dropping from peoples eyes. Everyone was overwhelmed that they actually got to see this moment. No one knew what would’ve happened to them if it wasn’t for the pilot. The police man was right not every pilot is that great.
I was pumped up and ready to go to Charlotte, NC with my aunt for the weekend. I was going to miss two days of school and enjoy it somewhere else; can it get better than that? We got to the airport and checked in our bags and got our tickets. We went to the gate and started boarding. The plane was full; there were over five hundred people on that flight. Me and my aunt took our seats and stared out the window. I couldn’t stop smiling, in a few minutes we would be out of New York and heading our way to North Carolina.
An hour later, my aunt got up for the restroom and the plane started to shake tremendously. And then in no time the pilot came on the intercom and said, “We will have to land, we will have to land!” “Everyone take your seats, put on your life jackets and gas masks!” “HURRY!” Everyone ran to there seats as fast as they could. Babies were crying and little kids were screaming. Grandmas and Grandpas were reaching there blood pressure limit. No one knew what was going on. I was holding on to my aunts’ hand as hard as I could. Tears were slowly rolling down my cheeks. I closed my eyes.
Sooner or later all there was was a crash. After hearing the loud crash I took a peek out the window to see where we had landed. We were surrounded by water. Then this old man said, “Were in the Hudson Bay.” Everyone looked calm and was waiting for further instructions. That was everyone but me, I was freaking out. I was glad we landed safe and that no one was hurt, it’s just that taking a peek out the water gave me the chills. I learned everything a kid does when they’re little but the only thing I didn’t learn was how to swim. My aunt said the life jackets would help me float above the water so I won’t drown, I didn’t think so.
Ten minutes later there came loads of ambulances, fire trucks, police cars, rescue boats, and helicopters. We all started to get off the plane as fast as we could. Everyone carefully stepped on the wing of the plane, and made there way to shore. The water was freezing; it felt like it was below zero. I took baby steps on the wing of the plane, crossing my fingers that I wouldn’t fall. I made it to shore relieved. When I looked across the ocean I could see all our baggage and stuff floating on top of the water. The nurses and doctors gave us blankets to wrap our selves up in. We sat in this deck house where all the passengers where. They were all curious of what had happened. Then a police man came in and said, “I am glad everyone’s okay and no one got hurt. What had happened was a flock of birds came in the way while the pilot was steering the plane, and one of those birds got caught in the engine of the plane and had started a fire. The pilot had to land as fast as he could. There was no way he could find an airport close by, and he didn’t want to land on houses or highways and take the lives of others. So he landed in the Hudson Bay, where no one could be in harm. You should be thankful for a pilot that actually cares about his passengers not all pilots would do that.” Then the police man left the room.
As I looked up I could see tears suddenly dropping from peoples eyes. Everyone was overwhelmed that they actually got to see this moment. No one knew what would’ve happened to them if it wasn’t for the pilot. The police man was right not every pilot is that great.
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