Saturday, May 15, 2010

9 Year Old Boy Survives Plane Crash

This story belongs in the file of news of the unbelievable; a plane crashed in Libya killing 103 people, but there was a sole survivor, a 9 year old boy. A miracle amid tragedy that even had the insane Libyan leader Muamar Gaddafi proclaiming the survival to be "Allah's miracle". Even with this astonishing survival, any rejoicing must be tempered by the somber news that this child's parents and brother died in the crash.

It is eerily similar to the movie Unbreakable with Bruce Willis, except that this wonder child did suffer injuries. I can't imagine how it would feel to go through life knowing that you survived a deadly crash that killed every other of the 103 souls on board. What is the long term psychological impact likely to be? He has to live with the pain of having lost his family, and yet appreciate how he overcame impossible odds to live to die another day. I wish little Ruben the best of luck, though luck may be the one things he has plenty of.

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