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which caused another engine to
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which caused a panic.
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And with a pair of broken ribs, he went back into the burning plane,
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Morning arrived,
but a rescue did not.
The co-pilot took charge, and formed two search parties.
The first party went in one direction,
rthe second party, along with the co-pilot, went in the other, wandering into the desert.
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They eventually found a Village..
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As for the co-pilot,
the crash changed him.
After that, he didn’t want to be a pilot anymore; he wanted to do something different with his life.
He resigned from Pan Am to pursue a career in writing and, ultimately, television.
His name was Gene Roddenberry, and he created
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This story
is not intended as an ode to Roddenberry, although he certainly deserves one. Prbr to working in television, he was a decorated WWII pilot, a plane-crash investigator, and an L/R cop. He survived three plane crashes.
This story is intended
to remind you that our Journeys are short.