[ WP ] You 're on a plane , and it 's going down .

**Storytelling during a Plane-Crash** 
 
 It always was, “ you ’ re gon na fall for three crucifingly long minutes as the jetliner ’ s engines freeze up in some freak storm and falls for a belly-flop into the Atlantic. ” That ’ s what the brain of Ethan Marshall would whisper to him before every takeoff. Trans-Atlantic business trips twice a week. Add the occasional additional regional flight and that made Ethan a nervous man. 
 
 Now. Now another voice in his head tries to tell its own story. “ Oh, the chances are very low that this turbulence is going to cause mechanical problems. ” Then when Ethan's plastic cup of Coke spills and he feels a roller-coaster lunge in his stomach, he imagines “ but this must be a pocket of air that has collapsed ” And then Ethan hears his heart in his ears and it gets louder than the loud, wet wailing popping that sweeps over the other passengers. “ Oh. It ’ s just a bad storm of course, and… ” There it is. Those windows are dark but not so dark that Ethan can ’ t see the stormy surface falling up at him. And he knows that he is scared but he is so numb and then nothing. 

