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To save the village below
#WritcoStoryPrompt31
The loud blast startled us all. On its heels the plane nose-dived. "Jump out now!"
The squadron leader opened the hatch. It looked like a gaping gateway to hell. One by one the soldiers jumped into the dark abyss. I was the last to go...
...but looking over my shoulder I could see that the aircraft was bound to crash into the heart of a small village below.
I thought...{if I could only guide her towards that lake instead}, so I turned back and climbed into the copilots seat trying to wrest what little control there may be left. the damage was to the right wing and engine but the left side was still operative so I pushed the throttles all the way forward a pulled back on the rudder as hard as I could while turning it slightly left towards the lake and away from the village.
She shuddered at this attempt to continue flying in her condition; but in order to save those towns people I was resolved to give my life for theirs.
The aircraft listed heavily to the left now and I could see the edge of the lakeshore approaching quickly.
(It would be the last thing I ever saw)
as the right wing finally came loose and the spirals began just over the water.
I wondered, "Will this make tomorrows headlines?"
BOOM...and then all went black.
The loud blast startled us all. On its heels the plane nose-dived. "Jump out now!"
The squadron leader opened the hatch. It looked like a gaping gateway to hell. One by one the soldiers jumped into the dark abyss. I was the last to go...
...but looking over my shoulder I could see that the aircraft was bound to crash into the heart of a small village below.
I thought...{if I could only guide her towards that lake instead}, so I turned back and climbed into the copilots seat trying to wrest what little control there may be left. the damage was to the right wing and engine but the left side was still operative so I pushed the throttles all the way forward a pulled back on the rudder as hard as I could while turning it slightly left towards the lake and away from the village.
She shuddered at this attempt to continue flying in her condition; but in order to save those towns people I was resolved to give my life for theirs.
The aircraft listed heavily to the left now and I could see the edge of the lakeshore approaching quickly.
(It would be the last thing I ever saw)
as the right wing finally came loose and the spirals began just over the water.
I wondered, "Will this make tomorrows headlines?"
BOOM...and then all went black.
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