Sometimes we forget that up there we are a small temporary community. People from different parts of the world, with totally different lives and problems, suddenly come together for the same circumstance. In this case, that union became stronger as the mysterious event unfolded. The upper compartments seemed to vibrate and the cabin light titiled a couple of times, adding an extra dose of drama to a situation that already seemed to be taken from a Sunday-hit film.
The surprise came when the real reason for the agitation was revealed. It was not a dramatic medical emergency or an imminent danger to the safety of the aircraft, but a humane and extremely unusual event that required the attention and collaboration of everyone present. It turns out that a passenger, in complicity with the crew and after months of a meticulous planning that is almost ruined in the security control, decided that that was the perfect scenario to give a total turn to his life and that of another person on board.
