Allison had completely lost control of the whole "translator" role by now. With the astonished look on her face she asks; "You were in a plane crash"? She quickly relayed the message to the doctor who just laughed and shook it off. It was clear that he didn't believe.
The laptop that had Allison on it was on a set of wheels, I removed it. I brought up google.com and typed "Plane crash US Air to Germany". A number of articles appeared immediately, the words; "no survivors" and "268 dead" jumped out at me. It also stated that the crash occurred 23 days ago, apparently the aircraft had landed in the ocean and they were still recovering items and searching for the black box. I showed the article to the doctor but he didn't understand.
I told Allison, "Listen, I was on a red eye from the US to Germany exactly 23 days ago. The plane was going down and I jumped out with a parachute. Can you please contact like the US embassy or somebody like that? I just got out of a coma, and I would like to let people know I am alive".
She looked at me in complete and utter astonishment; "Listen, if you're fucking with me I'm going to get in a lot of trouble for this. There are HIPPA and privacy laws against this shit." I have to admit, she looked even more cute when she was serious.
I looked at her with a very serious face and said; "Please help me. I don't know where I am."
The next few months were absolutely crazy. I worked with Universal to create an accurate film about my experience. There are a few good things and a few bad things that happened as a result of this escapade.
1 - I did get to appear on Letterman (It was during his final week of shows too, so it was very special)
2 - I tried to sue the airline for almost killing me. However, there is a funny thing about major airlines, they have a lot of $. Therefore, they attacked my cheap attorney with the best attorneys money could buy. Then, they countersued me on grounds that I caused the aircraft to lose cabin pressure and that all the deaths could have been my fault. What a joke. But then they proposed to drop their lawsuit if I dropped mine. (Of course they never recovered the black box. How convenient)
3 - I have never experienced anxiety since that day, I live only for today now. It is amazing to think that I was so terrified of death, and that the cure would lie in almost dying. I would recommend it to everybody. There is not a breath I take for granted.
4 - Allison and I hung out a few times. We actually met in person for the first time on the David letterman show. She was even more beautiful in person. A few weeks later, I confessed my love for her. I told her how I will always associate her face with survival and joy. She said that she needs time to let things blow over, (Prolly just an excuse, women never just say "no".) but Im holding onto hope.
5 - I never ended up getting that procedure done in Germany. How ironic that I make the trip to improve my health coupled with the series of events that would follow.
The moral of the story: We waste out entire lives daydreaming about future happiness. "One day my life will be, (Fill in the blank) and I will be happy then. No.......no you wont. Appreciate today for what it is, tomorrow may not even exist. There is so much to be thankful for. If you cannot find joy in today, what makes you think it will exist tomorrow?
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