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The Lighter Side / Re: No such thing as an uninteresting life
« on: Tuesday 11 September 18 06:41 BST (UK) »
I'm currently in hospital awaiting back surgery, now I have had several surgical procedures over the years and I have a great deal of respect for the very skilled surgeons. However, not everyone is as ordinary as may seem. One lady surgeon that has operated on me in the past demanded a different kind of respect after I learned the following story of her tenacity.
May 10th 1999.
A Twin-Otter plane, on an hour-long nighttime flight from the island of Espiritu Santo with 12 people on board, had been buffeted by a storm before losing height and slamming into the ocean. The pilot and five of the passengers either died on impact or went down with the plane. The surgeon, her husband and four others managed to escape the wreck into the darkness. The group attempted to stick together but after six hours swimming through stormy shark-infested waters in the dark only five of them managed to make it to shore.
Now that must have a profound effect on how you view life afterwards.
If you wish to read more.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12277861.On_a_swim_and_a_prayer/
http://www.pireport.org/articles/1999/05/10/five-vanuatu-air-crash-survivors-make-it-shore
May 10th 1999.
A Twin-Otter plane, on an hour-long nighttime flight from the island of Espiritu Santo with 12 people on board, had been buffeted by a storm before losing height and slamming into the ocean. The pilot and five of the passengers either died on impact or went down with the plane. The surgeon, her husband and four others managed to escape the wreck into the darkness. The group attempted to stick together but after six hours swimming through stormy shark-infested waters in the dark only five of them managed to make it to shore.
Now that must have a profound effect on how you view life afterwards.
If you wish to read more.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12277861.On_a_swim_and_a_prayer/
http://www.pireport.org/articles/1999/05/10/five-vanuatu-air-crash-survivors-make-it-shore