Pairing: Reddit user Ok3n's first hand account of the hijacked Ethiopian Airlines flight
You may or may not have heard of this story, about how the co-pilot of an Ethiopian Airlines flight that was originally headed to Italy hijacked the plane and diverted it to Geneva in order to seek asylum. A lot of stories tend to get buried in the media moshpit and, aside from the fact that I learned the Swiss don't work overtime, many sources are reporting that the passengers were unaware of the hijacking.
Today's pairing tells us that wasn't particularly true and Ok3n gives a harrowing recollection of the various thoughts that pass through a man's head when your days are numbered.
"I held hands the whole way with my seat neighbor, a very nice, simple older Italian woman. Every single second of those 6 hours of uncertainty and soon-to-be death was a psychological torture. I broke down, let everything go, said goodbye, thought of my family, of moments in the past, of who will inherit my stuff and much more."
It's always good to be reminded that we're human and there's no better track to reminisce on the good ole days than Chance's Nostalgia. And here with some choice parting words is my homegirl Alice Morse Earle:
"Time waits for no man. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why they call it the present."*
*Full Disclaimer: I think that funky turtle from Kung-Fu Panda also used the same quote if this is sounding familiar to you guys, but that's Hollywood for ya, always jacking shit from somewhere else
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