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February 2, 2003
Those last seconds....
What are those last seconds like before you realize you're going to die? It must be morbid as hell but I can't stop thinking about it. A rush of feeling comes through me when I wonder what it was like to realize something's very wrong with the shuttle. Do you think and try to prevent it, is there a moment before finality in life when you realize there's nothing you can do? Was it like sliding off a snow covered road in slow motion?
"NASA learned from flight deck intercom recordings and the apparent use of some emergency oxygen packs that at least some of the astronauts were alive during Challenger's final plunge", according to an article on Yahoo! News. I thought it had been a conspiracy theory or hype but maybe it has some truth. To that effect, I know I've read places that it had to take a couple of minutes for those people to fall to their deaths and unless they were knocked unconcious, they had to be thinking about things.
This may be pointless questioning and we'll never know until it happens to us but I wondered about this on 9-11 and countless other times when people have died.
Posted by beamz at February 2, 2003 11:11 PM
Comments
I think the same thing alot, but try to just put it out of my mind so there is no point to it. By the time you know, its too late to write it down for others.
Posted by: Blaine at February 2, 2003 11:19 PM
I was thinking the same thing and hoping they didn't even know it was coming. Though this is a huge loss of everyone, there were thousands in the WTC who probably knew they were going to die for much longer. How long does it take to fall from the top when jumping? All morbid, I agree but it does keep me up at night.
Posted by: Joshua at February 2, 2003 11:19 PM
I agree, it's not like this was planned suicide so you just hope that those people didn't know what was coming. If you're unfortunate enough to have time to ponder it before it happens, hopefull you are at peace with things.
Posted by: Ed at February 2, 2003 11:28 PM
"I can't stand to fly. I'm not that naive. Men weren't meant to ride, with clouds between their knees..."
- Five For Fighting - Superman
Posted by: Kate at February 3, 2003 12:18 AM