Hero

Today Turkish Airlines Flight 1951 crashed 2 miles from its destination airport in Amsterdam. Now for those that don't know it, I'm a huge fan of airplanes. (but not a fan of flying in them) It seems strange to me that recently there have been airplane accidents seemingly at least once a month. In December there was the flight that crashed on takeoff in Denver. In January Captain "Sully" was in the news about his daring landing in the Hudson. Then earlier this month a plane crashed killing about 50 people. Today as stated above the airplane that crashed in Amsterdam. The story didn't really catch my eye or attention until I heard that 9 people died, including the Pilot and Co-Pilot. Now a big reason I don't want to be a pilot is because I have the lives of other people in my hands. Its one thing if I get myself killed but its not fair to those other people on the flight. However I really got to thinking when I heard this. Even though 7 others died besides them, are the pilots of that plane proud that they were able to bring that plane down without a lot more fatalities? I think they should be. It could have been a lot worse. Those pilots should be honored just as much as Chelsey Sullenberger. They died trying to save others' lives. Thats all anyone could ever ask of them as pilots...or as ordinary people.

"And they say that a hero can save us I'm not gonna stand here and wait I'll hold onto the wings of the eagles watch as we all fly away"-Hero by Nickelback