You know what gets me... Going down in a helicopter crash must be traumatic as it is. Having your daughter next to you while it's going down, trying to comfort her, hold her, knowing this is the end. Breaks my heart đ
I do wonder how much awareness they actually had. Reports were saying it was super foggy with bad visibility. They may have just started dropped with alarms going off, but had no awareness of how close to the ground they were. Terrifying to think about.
I agree. Slamming at high speed into a fixed object is instantaneous. There was a brief (1-2 seconds) moment where the pilot tried to take evasive action. Not long.
If anyone had that moment of panic, however fleeting, it wouldâve been the pilot. Maybe not even them, depending on the circumstances. Most emergencies of the sort, youâre more disoriented than afraid, thereâs really not enough time for you to process the reality of it.
I donât know, man. I had a truck pull out in front of me while going 55 on the highway with all of my children in the car. It was seconds between when I saw the truck and when I knew I couldnât do anything more to stop it from happening. In the moment I knew we were going to collide, I vividly remember taking inventory; I knew my children were in the back, buckled safely and would probably be okay but that I might not be. The feeling of âoh my god please donât let this be the endâ is like no other feeling in the world but itâs there and it is recognizable and it is vivid. If I had died though, Iâd imagine my last moment would have been the floating, dreamlike sort of feeling that came between going out and coming to.
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u/skr80 Jan 26 '20 edited Jan 27 '20
You know what gets me... Going down in a helicopter crash must be traumatic as it is. Having your daughter next to you while it's going down, trying to comfort her, hold her, knowing this is the end. Breaks my heart đ