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00:01On board the aircraft, the captain's mistress wanted some fresh air, so she smashed a cabin window with the heel
00:05of her stiletto.
00:06In an instant, every passenger was sucked into a deadly spiral of decompression and oxygen deprivation.
00:11As the purser, I fought tooth and nail and pulled everyone back from the brink.
00:16Thank you. Thank you.
00:19After the plane touched down, she grabbed my hand and sobbed.
00:21How was I supposed to know the window was so flimsy?
00:25Bonnie didn't mean it. She's just a kid. She had no idea the consequences would be this serious.
00:28That was when the captain walked over and took her side. I cut him off coldly.
00:32This is an aviation incident. If you try to cover for her, your five-star captain rating goes up in
00:36smoke, effective immediately.
00:37In the end, I called the police. Bonnie Clare was sentenced to 10 years.
00:41The captain grieved for a few days, then got over it.
00:44Later, he was promoted from senior captain to chief pilot of transcontinental airlines.
00:49I married him.
00:50On our honeymoon, he took the controls himself.
00:53Mid-flight, he manually deprepressed the cabin.
00:55Over the intercom, he spoke to me.
00:57Bonnie just wanted to crack a window for some air, and you put her away for a decade.
01:01Now you'll get a taste of what it feels like when there's no air at all.
01:19Then I opened my eyes. Everything reset. This time, I'm staying out of it.
01:22Let's see how they handle this high-altitude circus all on their own.
01:31I opened my eyes to the familiar chaos and screaming.
01:34In my last life, after Bonnie pulled her deadly stunt, she came running to me in tears, begging for help.
01:38But I threw myself into the fray anyway.
01:39As the purser, I fought tooth and nail and pulled everyone back from the brink.
01:43And precisely because I'd saved the day, Bonnie got off with a lighter sentence.
01:47As long as she behaved herself going forward, she still had a shot at parole.
01:50Except she'd been spoiled rotten since she was a kid and couldn't handle the slightest hardship.
01:54Even in a holding cell, she flushed her parole right down the toilet.
01:56In the end, ten years, no early release.
01:58I opened my eyes slowly and looked at her.
02:01Ice cold.
02:01This is your flight. Your responsibility.
02:04Hold.
02:04But, but.
02:04I cut her off and shut my eyes again.
02:06But she lashed onto my arm and physically dragged me to first class.
02:10The scene was a disaster zone.
02:11The emergency window had been breached.
02:12Bitter wind whipped debris through the cabin.
02:14Passengers lay injured, unconscious.
02:16The high-pressure air had torn the opening into a gaping wound.
02:18A few colleagues had barricaded it with a galley cart, but it was clear that wouldn't last long.
02:22Bonnie Clare! Have you lost your damn mind?
02:24How could you pull something like this?
02:26She exploded.
02:26You walk all over the rules every single day just because the captain has a soft spot for you.
02:31That cart isn't going to hold forever.
02:33If nobody comes up with something fast, this whole plane is going down.
02:41I got you.
02:42I got you.
02:50In the middle of the chaos, someone looked my way.
02:53Relax!
02:54Evelyn's here!
02:55She's the company's technical ass!
02:58That engine failure on the transatlantic route, she was the one who called the shots and got us down safely!
03:04She'll figure something out!
03:05Every pair of eyes snapped to me.
03:07I came to get you ages ago, but you just dragged your feet and refused to come!
03:11That's when Bonnie pointed out and interviewed me.
03:12You've had it out for me ever since Jack and I got a little closer.
03:15So you don't like me? Fine!
03:16But you can't take it out on everyone on this plane and let us all just die!
03:20In a heartbeat, every single look aimed at me changed.
03:23Evelyn, for God's sake, how can you get personal at a time like this?
03:26Seriously, we're talking about lives here.
03:29Sensing her moment, Bonnie whipped out her Ploteroid camera and showed everyone the shot she'd just snapped of me.
03:33Oh my God, no!
03:34She ignored all of us!
03:36Framed to tell a story that was already a lie.
03:38And she grabbed my hands, tears streaming.
03:40Same as the rest of us.
03:41Our job is to be ready at all times!
03:43In a life-or-death crisis, how can you just stand by and watch people die?
03:46Or do you think because you're so damn good at your job, you don't have to give a damn about
03:48anyone else?
03:49That was it. I'd had enough.
03:51I flung her off me.
03:52She stackered backward, caught off guard, and her forehead smacked against the overhead bin with a solid thung.
03:57I stared her down and said it, slow and clear.
04:01Are you out of your goddamn mind?
04:08This is your shift, your post.
04:10When things go wrong, it's on you.
04:12And you've got the nerve to blame me?
04:14Even if I wanted to get back at you, I wouldn't be stupid enough to smash an emergency window.
04:18Bonnie pressed a hand to her reddened forehead, her face white as a sheet.
04:22Whenever anyone else comes to you for help, you help them.
04:24But when I come to you, you won't lift a finger?
04:26You're just jealous that Jack's good to me, so you're using this to settle a personal grudge.
04:30That helpless little me act of hers got a few passengers riled up against me.
04:34Looks to me like you're doing this on purpose.
04:36Throwing your weight around because you've got seniority.
04:38With a heart that cold, standing by while people die, you don't deserve that uniform.
04:43But right away, a colleague spoke up for me.
04:45Bonnie, you are twisting this completely.
04:47Evelyn's covered shifts for three months straight without a single day off, and now she's finally got a break.
04:51What's wrong with her wanting to rest?
04:52You've been slacking off every time we're supposed to drill in real emergency procedures, and now you think you've got
04:56any right to take shots at Evelyn?
04:58Exactly! She's off the clock right now! She has zero obligation to help!
05:02Another colleague immediately jumped in.
05:03Hearing that, the passengers turned their grumbling right back on Bonnie.
05:06And a few of them started questioning whether she wields a real flight attendant to begin, Evelyn.
05:09Her face went pale green, and she hud against the wall, trembling.
05:12All of you, shut your mouth!
05:18Just then, Captain Jack's voice cut through on the intercom, sharp as a whip.
05:22Bonnie, don't be scared. I've got you.
05:24Then his tone softened, turning intimate.
05:25That is enough!
05:26Immediately after, he laid in to us with a stern reprimand.
05:29Bonnie is just a kid. She made a dumb mistake.
05:31You're her senior. Show a little generosity.
05:33Evelyn Ross, I'm giving you an order. Figure out a solution now!
05:35I'm a passenger right now.
05:37You have no authority to give me orders.
05:39I grabbed the nearby handout and said with an icy laugh beads,
05:41I fanced over at the window, and my chest tightened.
05:43The galley cart jammed against it was nearly crumched, crack spider-whacking across its surface.
05:47Yeah, the plane was descending at max speed, but the ground was still a long way off.
05:51The way things were going, we had maybe a dozen minutes, tops, before the airflow tore this aircraft apart.
05:55I'd been reborn wanting to see those two choke on the consequences of their own making,
05:58but I had no intention of going down with a cabin full of passengers just to make that point.
06:03I have a way in the cabin.
06:04Two conditions.
06:05One, you will immediately report Bonnie's transgression to the tower.
06:07You will admit that you covered for her because of your personal relationship,
06:10that you are unfit to remain happy.
06:11You will voluntarily request an indefinite suspension on the record.
06:13My voice was ice.
06:15Two, Bonnie get on her knees and apologize to everyone on this aircraft.
06:19Evelyn, don't you talk nonsense.
06:20We're just colleagues, nothing more.
06:22The words had barely left my mouth when Jack's roar came through the speaker.
06:25And besides, you're only a purser.
06:26What gives you the right to dictate terms to a captain?
06:28Just colleagues?
06:29Then why so cozy with that Bonnie this and Bonnie that?
06:31So the captain's covering for her.
06:32He's willing to take every last one of us down just for some woman?
06:34The crowd erupted.
06:35Yeah, tell her.
06:36Make her kneel.
06:36Now listen here.
06:42Bonnie's face cycled through several shades at that.
06:45Jack, save me!
06:46They're trying to destroy me!
06:49Several crew members rushed to stop her.
06:51You're defending the cockpit!
06:52This plane goes down!
06:54It's an ironclat rule in the F.A. manual.
06:56Absolutely no one approaches the cockpit mid-flight,
06:59especially not during an emergency.
07:01The purser was livid.
07:03Let her in.
07:04But over the Interfan came Jack's voice.
07:07Jack.
07:07I'm the captain!
07:08What I say goes on this aircraft!
07:12Bonnie's tears instantly flipped to laughter.
07:14Right there in front of everyone,
07:16she called out towards the speaker.
07:17Jack, I knew it!
07:19You're the sweetest!
07:20You'll always protect me!
07:22Insane!
07:23This is absolutely insane!
07:25One punches a hole in the window,
07:26the other opens the cockpit door!
07:27Are we seriously getting off this plane alive?
07:29Both of them are out of their mind!
07:31The passengers, already on the edge of hysteria,
07:33laughed in sheer disbelief.
07:35Standing to the side, I found it just as surreal.
07:37Priority one in a high-altitude crisis,
07:38initiate an emergency descent.
07:40Priority two, keep the cockpit secure.
07:41Just then, yet here he was,
07:43this captain.
07:43Back-smashing machine lunatics
07:44were erupted from the barricade.
07:45The galley cart was warping, giving way.
07:47Everyone's heart shot straight into their throat.
07:57Captain!
07:58We're out of time!
08:00I'm requesting a mandatory evacuation
08:01of the forward cabin!
08:03The purser's face went bloodless.
08:05She yelled,
08:05That's the most extreme emergency protocol in the book.
08:09Once it's invoked,
08:10it means the crisis has reached the breaking point.
08:12But Jack, unhurried, only said,
08:14Bonnie gets inside first.
08:15I won't leave her in danger.
08:16Jack, just open the door already!
08:20A few male passengers couldn't take it anymore.
08:22They charged forward,
08:23grabbed her by the hair,
08:24and dragged her to the ground.
08:25You bitch!
08:26Still working it, even now!
08:27We're about to die because of you,
08:29and you're standing here playing footy!
08:30You want to get into the cockpit?
08:31I'll throw you right out that hole!
08:33Let you get some fresh air down there!
08:35Curses and frantic hands tangled into chaos.
08:37In seconds, the scene spun out of control.
08:39Her uniform tore.
08:40Hair came loose in a tangled mess.
08:42She was utterly dishambled.
08:44Thud.
08:44She crashed to her knees hard,
08:46bowing and scraping to everyone,
08:47shrieking through sob.
08:48Bonnie!
08:49Are you okay?
08:50What are you people doing?
08:51Jack's voice, thick with distress,
08:52came indecently.
08:53I'm warning you,
08:54this is assault.
08:55A felony!
08:56Felony!
08:57Still covering for her!
08:58What kind of captain are you?
09:00That was gasoline on a bonfire.
09:01The passengers raged back.
09:02If you don't do exactly what Evelyn said,
09:04we'll throw her out right now!
09:05We're dead anyway!
09:06What do we care about a felony?
09:08We'll send her on ahead first!
09:09Violence fell on the other side of the intercon.
09:11Nothing but the sound of heavy, ragged breathing.
09:14I could picture it.
09:15His face assin,
09:16knuckles clutched white.
09:18Fine, Evelyn.
09:18I'll do what you said.
09:19Now fix this, fast!
09:26He got on the radio and made the report to the tower immediately.
09:28The moment I heard the tower's confirmation tone come back,
09:31I let out a long breath.
09:32At least in this life,
09:33he wouldn't get the chance to destroy me again.
09:35I snapped into action.
09:36As I spoke,
09:37I tapped the timer on my watch.
09:39Everyone, listen up!
09:40Follow my lead!
09:41Grab every blanket, pillow, and cushion you can find.
09:44Bind them together with luggage straps and belts.
09:45We're building an improvised plug.
09:47Move!
09:48We've got less than ten minutes!
09:49Call your hands and duty!
09:50My colleagues sprang into motion instantly.
09:52Jack, I'm so sorry!
09:53This is all my fault!
09:54Every second counted.
09:55Grab every band with me!
09:55But there was Bonnie,
09:56still sniffling into the intercon.
09:57Don't be silly.
09:58How is any of this your fault?
10:00You've done wonderfully.
10:02Don't you beat yourself up.
10:03I quit!
10:04I don't want to be a flight attendant anymore!
10:06This job is just awful!
10:07The passage immediately objected.
10:09This is not the time for her to make things right.
10:10She'll only get in the way.
10:11Shut your mouth!
10:12Jack snapped.
10:13Until that suspension paperwork clears,
10:15I'm still the captain.
10:16What I say goes.
10:17Bonnie needs to rebuild her confidence.
10:19This crisis is the best training opportunity she's ever had.
10:21I nearly laughed in sheer disbelief.
10:23Was he serious?
10:24Right now, at this moment,
10:25he's thinking about giving his little girlfriend
10:26some kind of hands-on training exercise,
10:28using the lives of several hundred people on this plane
10:30as her practice dummies?
10:31Hey!
10:31Bonnie wiped her tears and stumbled over to my side.
10:34Evelyn, let me help you.
10:36Teach me.
10:36What should I do?
10:37I didn't even look up,
10:38reaching under a seat for another belt.
10:40Step back.
10:40Stay out of the way.
10:41But she acted like she hadn't heard a word,
10:43circling around me,
10:44stepping on my foot now and then,
10:45even trying to trip me.
10:46I ignored her.
10:48She wouldn't drop it.
10:49Evelyn, do you think I'm too stupid?
10:50Just let me help us!
10:51Suddenly, her whole body pitched toward me.
10:53Her elbow slammed into my spine.
10:55A searing pain shot through me.
10:57I sucked in a sharp breath.
10:58Oh, Evelyn!
10:59I'm so sorry!
11:00I slipped!
11:01I gritted through the agony and shoved her off me.
11:02Cold sweat beaded at my temples.
11:04Every life on this plane hung by a thread.
11:06I had no time for her petty games.
11:08A flicker of frustration crossed Bonnie's face.
11:10Just then, a comlade handed me a bundled mass of blankets.
11:12She let the bundle fly straight toward the gap,
11:14about to be sucked out of the aircraft.
11:20Get away!
11:22I shouted, throwing her aside,
11:24and lunged for the bundle,
11:25catching it just in time.
11:27All that back and forth had eaten up precious minutes.
11:30I checked my watch.
11:31Less than five minutes left.
11:32My colleagues erupted.
11:33Bonnie, get out of the way!
11:35Stop making things worse, for God's sake!
11:37Just go sit in the back!
11:39Bombarded from all sides,
11:40Bonnie crumpled into pitiful tears
11:42and cried into the intercom again.
11:45Jack, they're all bullying me.
11:47Jack's voice lashed out immediately.
11:50Evelyn, I asked you to show Bonnie the ropes.
11:52I was giving you a chance to redeem yourself.
11:54What, just because you had a miscarriage,
11:56you can't stand seeing a sweet, bubbly girl like Bally?
12:00Because you had a miscarriage,
12:02you can't stand seeing a sweet, bubbly girl like Bally?
12:05Those words were a poison-tipped blade,
12:08finding my oldest wound with surgical precision.
12:11I'd lost a child, his child.
12:14Back then, he'd stayed with me through so many hopeless nights,
12:18whispering in my ear over and over,
12:19You're all I need.
12:21And now, for the sake of another woman,
12:23in front of everyone,
12:24he'd ripped my most private scar wide open.
12:27I forced the agony down.
12:29This was no moment to fall apart.
12:31I turned and directed the team
12:32to push the newly bundled plug towards the window.
12:34This was the critical step.
12:35One wrong move,
12:36and everyone would get sucked out together.
12:38Three minutes left on the clock.
12:39We pushed forward inch by inch,
12:41fighting the tremendous suction.
12:42Just as we were about to seal the breach,
12:44Bonnie streaked.
12:45You're doing it all wrong!
12:46I read the training manual,
12:47you're supposed to equalize the pressure first,
12:48then plug the gap.
12:49And with that,
12:50she lunged for the emergency pressure release.
12:52My eyes went wide with horror,
12:54with a pressure differential this massive.
12:55If she vented it now,
12:56we'd all be ripped to shreds.
12:58I hadn't even finished speaking
12:59when she cranked the valve open.
13:00A monstrous force yanked me forward.
13:02The plug shot out of the breach instantly,
13:03and I was dragged with it,
13:04hurdling toward with the gaping hole.
13:05In the chaos,
13:06I grabbed managed hold of a seat arm ramp.
13:07My fingernails split right off the nail beds.
13:09Blood slicked my hands.
13:10Half my body was sucked out the window.
13:19The pull was so brutal,
13:21I thought my arms would tear clean from their sockets.
13:24Everyone rushed forward in a surge.
13:26Some wrapped around my waistline,
13:27grabbed my legs.
13:28Over the purser's raw scream,
13:29they held backward with everything they had.
13:32They laud me back in.
13:33Everyone collapsed, utterly spent.
13:35All eyes turned to Bonnie,
13:36who had crumpled to the floor in terror.
13:38She was shaking like a leaf,
13:40mumbling to herself.
13:41I didn't mean it.
13:42I was just trying to help.
13:43Help?
13:43A passenger struggled to his feet.
13:46That was attempted murder,
13:47you vicious little...
13:49It's not the time to settle scores.
13:51I bit out through the searing pain
13:52of my dislocated shoulder.
13:53The breach is still there.
13:54We're done for.
13:55There's no time left.
13:56My eyes swept the cabin frantically.
13:58Someone glanced at my watch
13:59and cried out in despair.
14:00Count down.
14:0130 seconds.
14:02Steady.
14:03Just when all seemed lost,
14:04my eyes landed on a portable oxygen cylinder
14:06mounted on the wall.
14:07The cylinder.
14:08We can use it to plug the hole.
14:0920 seconds.
14:10No, it's too dangerous.
14:11It could explode.
14:12Jack's panicked voice
14:13burst through the intercom.
14:14Shunst down, Deeshan.
14:1515 seconds.
14:16Does it look like we've got a choice?
14:17I shouted.
14:18Bonnie lunged at me again,
14:19grabbing my injured arm
14:20with all her weight, wailing.
14:21No, Evelyn, no!
14:22Jack said it'll blow!
14:23I don't want to die!
14:24I shoved her off through the pain
14:25and then I spotted it.
14:26The cylinder.
14:27She'd knocked into it.
14:28The pressure valve had come loose,
14:29hissing its contents into the cabin.
14:3110 seconds.
14:31I stared at her,
14:32fury beyond word this anymore.
14:33What are you looking at me for?
14:34I was trying to warn you
14:35and you don't even appreciate it.
14:36The responsibility is on you now.
14:38You have to keep us safe.
14:39Nine seconds.
14:39You can be as mad as you want.
14:41Jack told me he stopped loving you
14:42a long time ago.
14:43He's breaking off the engagement.
14:44He's going to be with me.
14:44She saw I still wasn't responding
14:45and lend in close to my ear.
14:47He also said that birthmark
14:47on your hip, disgusting.
14:48Not like me.
14:49I'm flawless.
14:50Everywhere.
14:50Eight seconds.
14:51I had no time to let those words land.
14:52I tightened the valve with one hand, fast.
14:54She grabbed me even harder,
14:55screaming,
14:56Are you insane?
14:57You really want to get us all killed?
15:05Seven seconds.
15:05I mustered every ounce of strength I had
15:07and shoved her into the purser's arms.
15:09Then I turned and yelled
15:10to a crewmate behind me.
15:11Now, ram the cylinder into the hole.
15:14Six, five, four, three, two, boom.
15:18A thunderous crash.
15:19The cylinder slammed squarely
15:21into the breach.
15:22In that instant,
15:23the rest of us moved.
15:24Dozens of luggage straps
15:25and belts lashed it down,
15:27binding it tight
15:27against the fuselage wall.
15:29The shrieking wind cut out.
15:30Silence fell over the cabin.
15:32The crisis was over.
15:33For now,
15:34I slumped to the floor.
15:35Every inch of me
15:36was drenched in sweat.
15:38Jack's furious voice
15:39blared from the inner gom.
15:40I was too exhausted
15:41to lift a finger.
15:42I didn't bother responding.
15:44Passengers,
15:44still shaking from their brush with death,
15:46came up to thank me
15:47one after another.
15:48The purser rushed over
15:49to check my dislocated shoulder,
15:50her eyes still swimming
15:51with languoring terror.
15:52That's when the plane lurched.
15:53A hard shove
15:54pressed us all back into our seats.
15:55What's going on?
15:56Shouldn't we be descending?
15:56Why are we climbing?
15:57It's happening again.
15:58The plane was climbing,
16:00not descending.
16:08The pursuers screamed,
16:10Get a hold of yourselves!
16:11Evelyn just saved
16:12every single one of you!
16:13The captain has lost it!
16:14We cannot turn on each other!
16:16But in the face
16:17of raw survival instinct,
16:18her words fell
16:18on utterly deaf eyes.
16:20Bonnie strutted forward,
16:21grabbed a fistful of my hair,
16:22and yanked my head back hard.
16:23Evelyn, you bitch!
16:23You think you're so capable?
16:24Well, show me!
16:25Show me what you've got now!
16:26Get on your knees
16:27and apologize!
16:28She drove her elbows
16:28so straight down
16:29into my injured shoulder.
16:30A strangled groan
16:31tore from my throat.
16:32The pain was so blinding
16:33my vision went black.
16:33I nearly passed out.
16:34My colleagues tried
16:35to pull her off me,
16:36but the frenzied passengers
16:37held them fast.
16:38Seeing me wrinkle in agony
16:38only made Bonnie's grin
16:39stretch wider.
16:40I'll beat you to death!
16:41That's for trying
16:42to steal Jack from me!
16:43That's for getting me cursed at!
16:44She straddled me
16:45and started swinging.
16:46Slap after slap,
16:47forehand and backhand.
16:48The passengers piled on.
16:50Fists and boots
16:51rained down on me.
16:52A second life.
16:53And I still couldn't escape
16:55being tormented to death.
16:56I shut my eyes in despair.
17:03The pursuers screamed,
17:05Get a hold of yourselves!
17:06Evelyn just saved
17:07every single one of you!
17:08The captain has lost it!
17:10We cannot turn on each other!
17:11But in the face
17:12of raw survival instinct,
17:13her words fell
17:14on utterly deaf eyes.
17:15Bonnie strutted forward,
17:16grabbed a fistful of my hair,
17:17and yanked my head back hard.
17:18Evelyn, you bitch!
17:19You think you're so capable?
17:20Well, show me!
17:20Show me what you've got now!
17:21Get on your knees
17:22and apologize!
17:23She drove her elbows
17:24so straight down
17:24into my injured shoulder.
17:25A strangled groan
17:26tore from my throat.
17:27The pain was so blinding
17:28my vision went black.
17:29I nearly passed out.
17:30My colleagues tried
17:30to pull her off me,
17:31but the frenzied passengers
17:32held them fast.
17:33Seeing me wrinkle in agony
17:34only made Bonnie's grin
17:35stretch wider.
17:35I'll beat you to death!
17:37That's for trying
17:37to steal Jack from me!
17:38That's for getting me cursed at!
17:39She straddled me
17:40and started swinging.
17:41Slap after slap,
17:42forehand and backhand.
17:44The passengers piled on.
17:45Fists and boots
17:46rained down on me.
17:47A second life.
17:49And I still couldn't escape
17:50being tormented to death.
17:52I shut my eyes in despair.
17:59Just then,
18:00a violent scuffle
18:01erupted over the intercon.
18:02Who the hell are you?
18:03Get out!
18:04Everyone froze,
18:05staring up at the overhead speakers
18:06in confusion and dread.
18:08Even Bonnie's hand
18:09stopped mid-slap.
18:10Her face went slack
18:10with bewilderment.
18:11More muffled thubs came through.
18:13A few last roars
18:14of defiance from Jack.
18:15Then they faded.
18:16Then silence.
18:17Seconds later,
18:17a man's voice came through.
18:18Calm.
18:19Ladies and gentlemen,
18:20don't be alarmed.
18:20My name is Charles Miller.
18:21I'm a passenger,
18:22same as you,
18:22former Air Force pilot.
18:23I have control of the cockpit.
18:24Jack has been subdued.
18:25We'll be on the ground shortly.
18:26The cabin erupted.
18:28A roar of triumph and relief.
18:29I lifted my head through the agony
18:31and looked toward the cockpit door.
18:33Jack had opened it to let Bonnie in.
18:35In the chaos that followed,
18:36he'd never had the presence of mind
18:38to confirm whether it was locked again.
18:40That was the opening Charles needed.
18:42The purser and several crewmates
18:43rushed over,
18:44lifting me up with infamous care.
18:46Evelyn,
18:46how bad is it?
18:47Just hang on.
18:48Bonnie collapsed to the floor,
18:49her face bloodless.
18:50No.
18:51Impossible.
18:52Jack.
18:52The passengers who had just been
18:54kicking and beating me
18:54now stood there.
18:55Shame scrolled across every face.
18:57One man wheeled around
18:58and sent his boot into Bonnie,
18:59knocking her flat.
19:00You're the bitch!
19:01The one who started it all!
19:02The other surged toward her
19:04like a wave,
19:04fists and feet flying.
19:06Bonnie's squeaks and pleas
19:07filled the cabin.
19:08Within moments,
19:08a group of male passengers
19:10had charged into the cockpit
19:11and dragged Jack out,
19:12his face bruised and swollen.
19:14The second he laid eyes on Bonnie,
19:16beaten black and blue,
19:17his expression twisted
19:18with pure rage.
19:20Bonnie!
19:20What did they do to you,
19:22you bastards!
19:23You bastards!
19:23You bastards!
19:28Then his glare snapped to me.
19:29Evelyn!
19:30You venomous bitch!
19:31I swear I'll make you die screaming!
19:34Even the passengers
19:35had had enough of him.
19:36Still running your mouth
19:37when you're already dead meat?
19:38You're a dead man walking!
19:39You're gonna regret this!
19:40You're gonna pay for this?
19:41These two need a real lesson!
19:43By now,
19:44the plane had descended
19:44to a safe altitude
19:45under Charles' control.
19:47One passenger made a suggestion.
19:48String them both up
19:49outside the cabin door.
19:49Let them get a taste
19:50of what it's like.
19:51Galacton needs some fresh air!
19:52The cabin roared its approval.
19:54They trust the pair up
19:55good and tight
19:55with rescue lines
19:56and dangled them
19:57outside the fuselage door.
19:58You want us to haul you back in?
19:59Apologize to Evelyn first!
20:01Then yell I'm scum three times!
20:02Otherwise,
20:03enjoy freezing into popskicks!
20:05Bonnie was beside herself,
20:06screaming incoherently,
20:07scared out of her wits,
20:08but Jack was still spitting fury.
20:10You horde!
20:10Go ahead and kill me
20:10if you've got the guts!
20:11You won't!
20:12You're a murderer!
20:18Charles' voice
20:19came over the intercom.
20:20Since he's so ungrateful,
20:21let's help him cool off.
20:22As soon as he finished speaking,
20:24the air vent near the cabin door
20:25was cranked wide open.
20:26A blast of freezing wind
20:28surged out
20:28and swallowed them both.
20:29The wind filled their mouths.
20:31Their bodies began
20:32to shover uncontrollably.
20:33The passengers started
20:34taking bets
20:34on which one would break first.
20:35Bonnie didn't even last a minute.
20:37Snot and tears
20:37streaming down her face,
20:38she wailed.
20:39I'm sorry, Evelyn!
20:39I was gone!
20:40Please just let me live!
20:41But Jack just glared at me,
20:42jaw clenched,
20:43refusing to utter a word.
20:44The crowd hauled over
20:45a crate of complimentary red wine
20:47from the galley.
20:48They cursed him
20:49and doused him
20:49with bottle after bottle.
20:51The sweet smell of wine
20:52soon drew a flock of seagulls.
20:54They swooped in
20:55and started pecking at the pair.
20:56And then I remembered.
20:57Jack once told me,
20:58when he was seven,
21:00a neighbor's rooster
21:00had attacked him.
21:01He'd carried that scar
21:02ever since.
21:03Birds.
21:04Of all things,
21:04he was terrified of birds.
21:06Sure enough,
21:07his last nerve snapped.
21:09Get away!
21:10Get off me!
21:16His body convulsed violently.
21:18A stream of yellow liquid
21:19trickled down his pant leg.
21:21I was wrong!
21:22Evelyn, I'm scum!
21:23I'm the son of bitch!
21:24Please tell them
21:25to pull me up, please!
21:26Satisfied,
21:27the crowd hauled them back in.
21:28The two of them lay
21:29spalled on the floor
21:30like a pair of
21:30half-frozen dead dogs.
21:32The sour stench
21:32of Jack's urine
21:33made nearby passengers gag.
21:35Evelyn, here.
21:36Jack's teeth chottered.
21:37His voice came out
21:38horny and shred.
21:39I said nothing.
21:39I just sat there
21:40in my seat
21:41looking down at him,
21:42cold as stone.
21:43A few passengers
21:43moved to drag them
21:44to a corner
21:44and tie them up.
21:45Bonnie shrieked
21:46as if scolding,
21:46scrambling behind Jack
21:47for cover.
21:48Jack, save me!
21:48They're going to bully me again!
21:50Before today,
21:50hearing that sobbing voice,
21:52Jack would have been
21:52flooded with tenderness.
21:53He would have shielded her
21:54without a second thought,
21:55hard,
21:55but now,
21:56sent her falling backward
21:57onto the floor.
21:57Get away from me,
21:58you jinx!
21:59I'm not!
22:00He clawed his way upright
22:01and jabbed a finger
22:02at Bonnie,
22:03screaming himself hoise.
22:04You're the crazy slut
22:05who seduced me!
22:06You're the airhead
22:07who smashed the window
22:07with your goddamn high heel!
22:09I was deceived!
22:10I'm innocent!
22:16The whole cabin
22:17went dead silent
22:18for a beat.
22:19Bonnie sat on the floor,
22:20staring at Jack
22:20in disbelief.
22:21Having finished with her,
22:22Jack dropped to his knees
22:23in front of me.
22:24I only made the mistake
22:24every man makes,
22:25but I never, ever
22:26meant to hurt anyone.
22:27She dragged me down with her.
22:28Evelyn, you have to believe me.
22:29I love you.
22:29It was this bitch
22:30who seduced me.
22:30She told me you were old
22:31and ugly,
22:32that you weren't good enough for me.
22:33She blackmailed me
22:33with our intimate photos
22:34and forced me to love her.
22:35I had no choice!
22:37Jack Christopher!
22:38You are not a man!
22:40Bonnie's streak
22:40cut him off,
22:42she lunged at him,
22:43her long fingernails
22:44raking savagely
22:45across his face.
22:46Jack was caught
22:47completely off guard,
22:49streaks of blood
22:49blossomed across his cheek.
22:51You've got the nerve
22:52to pin this all on me?
22:53Bonnie was in full hysterics,
22:55clawing and screaming
22:55in a frenzy.
22:56Who was it that told me
22:57Evelyn was a frigid boar
22:58in bed?
22:59A dead fish!
23:00Get off me, Bonnie!
23:01I said...
23:01who complained to me
23:02that she was disgustingly frail
23:03after the miscarriage,
23:04that she'd never bear children again,
23:06that if it weren't
23:06for her skills on the job
23:07and how she could help him
23:08climb the ladder,
23:08he would have dumped her ages ago,
23:09who said that if she died,
23:10her huge insurance pay
23:11and the property she inherited
23:12would all go to him.
23:13Who taught me how to stage
23:14an accident on a plane?
23:14How to make it like
23:15a real incident?
23:16All of it!
23:16It was you!
23:16You even grabbed two parachutes
23:17and said you'd use one
23:18to escape with me?
23:19And now you stand there
23:19playing the devoted lover?
23:20Who do you love?
23:21All you wanted was a cheap thrill?
23:22You think I don't know that?
23:22You don't love anyone.
23:23You only love yourself.
23:29I felt those words
23:30hit me physically,
23:30a shover running
23:31through my entire body.
23:32I'd suspected as much,
23:33but hearing the full extent
23:34of their scheming
23:35across both lifetimes
23:36still felt like a fist
23:37squeezing my heart dry.
23:38The passenger erupted.
23:39It was premeditated murder!
23:40Utterly evil!
23:41These two trash heap human beings!
23:42Scum!
23:43Disgrace!
23:43You're gonna rot in prison
23:44for the rest of your life!
23:44Jack was reeling.
23:45Caught between shock and fury,
23:47fending off her claws,
23:48he spit back without thinking.
23:49You're lying!
23:50It was your own greed!
23:51You're the one who'd stop
23:51at nothing to claw your way up!
23:53You think I would have
23:53ever looked twice at you
23:54if you hadn't been
23:55flaunting yourself at me
23:55day after day?
23:56Bonnie let out a shriek
23:57of hysterical laughter.
23:59Wake up!
23:59If you weren't
24:00Transcontinental's golden boy captain,
24:01with a little cash
24:02to throw around
24:02with a limp dick loser like you,
24:04let me tell you something.
24:04I was dating three guys
24:05at the same time.
24:06Those words snapped
24:07something in Jack.
24:08All reason drained
24:09from his eyes.
24:10Bitch!
24:10I'll kill you!
24:11His eyes blazed crimson.
24:12He lunged forward
24:13and clamped his hands
24:14around Bonnie's throat,
24:15slamming her against
24:16the cabin wall,
24:16legs flaying.
24:17The personer and several
24:18male passengers surged
24:19forward and wrenched
24:20the two apart.
24:20Bonnie clutched her throat,
24:21coughing violently.
24:22A sound caught somewhere
24:22between sobbing and laughing.
24:24Her eyes were glassy,
24:24unfocused.
24:25Her mind had clearly broken.
24:31A few minutes later,
24:32the plane touched down.
24:33The moment the cabin door
24:34swung open,
24:34a unit of heavily armed
24:35FBI agents and state troopers
24:37was already waiting,
24:38having been on standby
24:39for some time.
24:40That man,
24:40that woman,
24:41and the passengers
24:41who had mobbed me earlier,
24:42they were all taken away.
24:43I was lifted onto a stretcher
24:44by the EMTTs
24:45who had rushed to the scene.
24:46In the aftermath,
24:47the FAA classified the incident
24:49as a major aviation safety event.
24:51The company ordered me
24:52its highest commendation,
24:53and the media dubbed me
24:54the Guardian Angel
24:55at 30,000 fleets.
24:57As for Jack and Bonnie,
24:58they were brought before the court.
25:00I thought that we'd be the end of it.
25:01But on the day of the trial,
25:02everything changed.
25:03Bonnie wept.
25:04A perfect picture of pitiful innocence
25:05and disavowed all responsibility.
25:07When it was Jack's turn
25:08to speak in his own defense,
25:09he was eerily composed.
25:10Your Honor,
25:11the truth is not what
25:11everyone has been led to believe.
25:12The one responsible for all of this
25:13is Evelyn Ross.
25:15A gasp swept through the courtroom.
25:16I stood on the witness stand,
25:18staring at him in disbelief.
25:19Jack ignored the appore
25:20from the gallery
25:21and pressed on.
25:21Evelyn and I were once engaged,
25:23but due to irreconcilable differences,
25:24I called it off.
25:24She could never accept it.
25:25She hounded me relentlessly.
25:26Bonnie was a newly hired trainee.
25:27As her training captain,
25:28it was my duty to look after her.
25:29This filled Evelyn with an overwhelming
25:30jealousy and resentment.
25:31He paused,
25:32turned toward the jury,
25:33and arranged his face
25:34into an expression
25:35of righteous indignation.
25:36On this flight,
25:37she was officially on leave,
25:38yet she insisted on booking
25:39the exact same flight
25:39we were working.
25:40It was she who sabotaged
25:41the emergency window.
25:42She created this crisis
25:43and then framed Bonnie for it.
25:44Hearing this,
25:45I shook with pure rage.
25:51Jack let out a cold laugh.
25:53Evelyn manufactured the chaos
25:54then swooped in to play the hero.
25:55Everyone saw her brave rescue,
25:57but did anyone,
25:57anyone at all
25:58actually witness Bonnie
25:59smashing that window
26:00with her heel?
26:01People looked at one another,
26:02only now realizing the problem.
26:03The passengers were in shock.
26:04The flight attendants
26:05were struggling
26:05to keep everyone calm.
26:06Not a single person
26:07had actually seen Bonnie
26:08destroy that window.
26:09Every single accusation
26:10had come from Bonnie's
26:11own hysterical cries on the plane.
26:12The prosecutor shot back immediately.
26:13The cockpit voice recorder
26:14and flight data recorder
26:15will document everything.
26:16But Jack's attorney
26:16was already on his adventure.
26:17From the A's technical division,
26:18both black box from this flight
26:19susten severe physical damage.
26:20The data is completely irretrievable.
26:21Boom.
26:22My mind went blank.
26:23When had he destroyed
26:24the black boxes?
26:25Jack watched my stunned outrage
26:26and let a smug smirk curl
26:27at the corner of his mouth.
26:28Your Honor,
26:29I truly don't know anything.
26:30Bonnie, sobbing,
26:31added her part.
26:31Evelyn always said she hated me.
26:33She bullied me constantly.
26:34I never imagined
26:35she would go this far
26:35to frame me.
26:36Seeing this,
26:37I let out a long sigh.
26:39Then, slowly,
26:40I raised my left hand.
26:41Your Honor,
26:42the defense claims
26:43there is no evidence.
26:45I have some.
26:46Every single pair of eyes
26:48zeroed in on my wrist.
26:49The smirk on Jack's face
26:50frozen solid.
26:56My attorney turned
26:56to face the judge
26:57and announced
26:57in a clear, ringing voice.
26:58My client activates
26:59her portable micro-recorder
27:01during every emergency
27:01she encounters.
27:02She uses it for post-incitive briefing
27:03and for submitting to the company.
27:04I looked at Jack,
27:05silently thanking my own foresight.
27:06After my rebirth,
27:07I had made a point
27:08of covering my bases.
27:09Evidence, after all,
27:10was something you could
27:10never have too much of.
27:11The first portable micro-recorders
27:12had only just hit the market
27:13in the 1960s.
27:14At the time,
27:14my only goal was to
27:15sharp my professional skills.
27:16I never imagined
27:17it would become
27:17the final nail
27:18that sealed the fate
27:18of these two monsters.
27:19Jack's lawyer sprang
27:20to his feet at once.
27:21Objection!
27:22This could be fabricated!
27:23The judge paid him no mind.
27:24He motioned to the bail
27:25to admit the tape
27:25as new evidence
27:26and ordered it played
27:27then and there in open court.
27:28No, this isn't real!
27:29It's edited!
27:30It's a forgery!
27:31Bonnie shattered completely.
27:32Her screams pitched
27:33into pure hysteria.
27:34Jack slumped in his seat
27:35at the defendant's table.
27:36Every last trace of color
27:37drained from his face.
27:38In the end,
27:38Jack Christopher was sentenced
27:39to life imprisonment,
27:40no possibility of parole.
27:41Bonnie Clare received 20 years.
27:42Sentencing complete.
27:43One year later,
27:44I took two full months
27:45and boarded a transcontinental
27:46Airlines Boeing 707,
27:47crossing the Atlantic,
27:48alone.
27:48In first class,
27:49I gazed out the window
27:49at the sea of sun beyond.
27:51A deep stillness
27:51settled in my heart.
27:52Everything from my former life
27:53had scattered like smoke and ash.
27:55Men, what did they matter?
27:56This vast, boundless sky,
27:57this was where I truly belonged.
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