thank you america . . . for being strong, and being proud, and getting through!
I take it this is the defacto 9/11 thread for a day, so I'll share this story here.
I flew out from Las Vegas yesterday, direct into Reagan. We were under a weather delay on the tarmac for about 45 minutes (flash flooding in Las Vegas) and during that time the pilot came on to tell everyone a bit about the days flight.
Apparently, as you're flying into a city, the last 30 minutes of the flight has several check points that the plane must hit at certain speed, altitude, etc to make the correct track into the airport. The name of this series of point is usually something local about where you're going, his example was that when flying into Phoenix, the series was once called "Phoenix Cardinal."
Anyway, pilot tells us that the final 30 minutes into DC today are named "Freedom One", he then goes on to list the names of the points which will be hitting, which make up that series:
- honor
- courage
- persevere
- bravery
- *a few more which I can't remember*
- we, will
- never
- forget
- September
- 11th
- Let's roll
Pilot then thanked us for flying with them on September 11th and everyone applauded.
It was pretty cool, you could hear the pilots voice breaking up a bit as he was naming the points over the intercom. It was pretty cool and quite emotional. I made sure to thank him for sharing that with us upon exiting the plane.