Stumbling across news of JetBlue flight 292, I found it difficult to contain my emotions. It's simply mindboggling to imagine what those passenger were going through in those moments. I started tearing up just reading the article.

Luckily, everyone made it out unscathed thanks in part to the excellent skills of the pilot who makes a beautiful and otherwise uneventful landing (if you can ignore the sparks and flames shooting out from the front wheel landig gear).

Perhaps the most interesting part of this whole ordeal was that many (if not all) of the passengers aboard were watching their own fate via DirectTV satellite feeds (which they shut off 10 minutes before touchdown).

It's quite interesting as it underscores the pervasiveness of information that exists today; not only were they watching their own potential demise, the passengers were texting their relatives and calling their friends. Much like with the firsthand cameraphone accounts of the London tube bombings, we move ever closer to the collective mind of the Borg

Amazing times that we live in.