@BuckSexton@benshapiro And the ones that don’t listen to it, who at one point watched this pod, are so far gone it makes what they are saying on air seem normal
Some poor 8 year old kid from Highland Park is gonna go to the bathroom during the cotton bowl and see 4 UT SAE's blowing down in the handicap stall and realize shit is not sunshine and rainbows #thatsbaseball
🇮🇳🇦🇪 The Flydubai captain has spoken for the first time, saying he kept going because he "couldn't let everybody else die."
Smit Machchhar told Indian PM Modi on a video call today that he was so badly wounded he'd collapsed on the cockpit floor, wondering whether he'd ever get back up.
With the plane going down and the copilot still beating him, he pushed himself to the cockpit door and opened it, letting passengers rush in to restrain the attacker and help get the Tel Aviv-bound flight back under control.
Bleeding on the floor of a falling plane, his last thought was everyone sitting behind that door, and that's the stuff real heroes are made of.
Source: CNN / Writer: Julie
HINDU HERO: FLYDUBAI CAPTAIN RECOUNTS THE MOMENT HE THOUGHT HE WOULD DIE 🇮🇳
Flydubai Captain Smit Machchhar, speaking with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, described the moment he realized he might not survive — but still fought to open the cockpit door.
“I told myself: just open the door. Just do it.”
Badly wounded and on the floor, Machchhar said he could feel the aircraft going down and understood what would happen if he did nothing.
India should be proud of this man.
And respect to Prime Minister Modi for sitting with him, hearing his story and honoring his courage.
FULL TRANSCRIPT:
PM MODI:
“I would like to hear from you. Please tell me, from your side, what happened.”
CAPTAIN SMIT MACHCHHAR:
“I feel extremely, extremely proud.
In that moment, I was fighting for my own life. But there came a point when I realized that if I didn’t do something… I had already been hit, I had already suffered so many wounds, I was already down.
At that point, I told myself: if I don’t get up now…
I have been a captain for the past [unclear] years, and I knew what could happen if that door remained closed.
When I was lying there on the floor, I could feel the aircraft going down. I knew exactly what I had to do.
The door was right there.
In my mind, there was only one thing: just open it. That’s it. Open the door.
After that, the rest would follow.
I was doing what I could to save my own life, but at the same time I also knew that I could not save everyone by myself.
After that, other people came in and helped.
And here as well, the treatment I received — I could not have asked for better care or better medical attention.
I can only say that, at that moment, I was telling myself [unclear]… and even now, it is difficult for me to fully process what happened.”
PM MODI:
“Smit, if you won’t become emotional in front of me, then where will you?”
🇮🇳 Captain Smit Machchhar — a HERO.
This man is a hero.
Captain Smit Machchhar, the Indian captain of flydubai Flight 1073, fought back after being stabbed in the cockpit.
Despite being severely injured, he managed to unlock the cockpit door - allowing Israeli passengers and the Emirati crew to intervene and save all the passengers.
Together, their extraordinary courage saved 174 lives.
Indian. Israeli. Emirati.
Different nationalities. One extraordinary act of courage. 🇮🇳🇮🇱🇦🇪
We wish Captain Machchhar a full and speedy recovery.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. urged parents to cook together with their children as a way to create a "family unit” and help get people to reconnect with society and community in a post-technology era.
"To have that one hour a day where you're spending it with your kids, where you're having conversations, where you're teaching them something that's useful, that could be transformative for our country," he said at the Children’s Health Defense conference Thursday.
Absolutely embarrassing!
The longer the @WNBA delays their decision, the more I’m convinced the league has or had biological male playing in the WNBA.
Let’s see if any players suddenly retire early.
They’re frightened if the market finds out.
Again, I may be wrong.