Freefall!!

Well, I've flown a lot now in my life and I guess it is just one of those things where if you do something a lot, things will eventually happen. However, I do think I could have gone a long time without riding in a plane that began falling out of the sky. Now, I have a basic understanding of aerodynamics, so I could hear the pilot adding power to the engines and feel the plane respond, but when it literally feels like the plane is falling and the people around you start screaming, not to mention your stomach ends up in your throat, it is quite disconcerting. My 4 year old son had an interesting perspective, once the ordeal was over. He asked, "Daddy, why was someone pushing down on the plane?" I gave him a technical answer, as is my habit, and told him it was all right and he accepted that. However, looking back now, I choose to think that someone was holding the plane up, not pushing it down. Thank God for even the smallest miracles.