Yesterday the plane crash of USAirways into the Hudson River was a site to see. What a miracle that everyone survived! How amazing!!! After working many years at the airline we have seen our share of horrible crash's and devastation from them and it saddens your heart. It's rare to have a pilot and his crew to walk away alive. What hero's! Michael and I anxious to hear the stories of the survivors and the first hand accounts from the pilots and crew of what they did, and how they did it. Of all things USAirways has had it share of losses which has shaped our life to what it is today. The airline was good to us back in the day, if it was not for the airline we would have never met. It did help us make our early dreams come true.....getting married, our house, traveling, and being able to provide for our children. Today we say to each other a lot "those were the days". And as you know the hard economic times seemed to really start with the downfall of the airlines at least we felt it did. The problems with the airline started to affect us and our family when Sky turned 2, that was 12 1/2 years ago. Then September 11th did us in. Then towards the end the 2 year long commute for him to Charlotte.28 years after Michael followed in his father's footsteps when it was a dream job and hard to get, Michael had no better choice but to take the money and run, so he retired. I guess what I'm trying to say is that USAir has a special place in our hearts, and praise God for saving those people from disaster. They're lives will be changed forever and those haunting few minutes of the thought of facing death was overcome from God's saving grace. God is good!
The top photo is Michael and Sky in the cockpit of 737 when she was 2.
The bottom photo is when Michael worked at the new hanger that was built because USAir was expanding in Indianapolis at least that is what they thought.(it closed only after a couple of years after it opened)Michael came home for lunch that warm day in December to see his baby and wife. "Those were the days"
