I live about 2 blocks away from that USAir flight that crashed into the Hudson about an hour and half ago.
So far they are reporting everyone is okay. Thank you Jebus.But it was really close to my partment and I am bugging myself out thinking "What if they hadn't landed in the water.."
This event reminded me of a book I read as a tween. "Flight #116 Is Down!" is like the most effed up tale to read as a child. You might as well read it and watch My Bloody Valentine.
Let me explain: The book is story of some chick named Heidi who lives on this sick estate with all of this land. Then a plane crash lands in her back yard and she has to deal with all the injured and dying people. You learn the passenger's stories in a Trafficky/Babelly/Crash-type way. You also get a taste of what the families are going through as they wait for the list. And I think Heidi has some love interest with like an EMT or something.
And, like, some of the good people DIE. Seriously, they make you like someone and then they DIE. And this is a book for KIDS. And it's not like kooky fiction like Harry Potter. This is like real shit that could happen (just like today).
So to author Caroline Cooney, you scarred me for life and today I have Nam-like flashbacks to your book.
Fin.
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Mjones, I was searching for this very book and I came upon your blog.
I, too, was scarred by the book and think about the characters sometimes, like how that good kid died, and how that bratty woman escaped unscathed.
Thank you for giving me title and author's name, I was beginning to think I had imagined the whole thing!
So glad I'm not alone in this!!!
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