*I'm in Portland and have a Alaska pilot buddy, and will check this out.

The plane had a stripped "jack screw" in the tail that controls the horizontal
pitch of the aircraft. It's very likely that for some time it simply stayed
level
by an unseen force.

What a story!

Thanks-
-=A=-

Mike Rogers wrote:

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>
> Subject: Fw: hello from AZ.
> Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 09:36:20 -0500
> From: "Louise Swearingen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Karen Yancey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>      "Dean & Alma Medlen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>      "Pastor Roy Rhodes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>      "Rob & Marilyn Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>      "Pastor Kevin Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>      "Freda Mayer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> CC: "Tim & Cindy Fields" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>      "Burton & Cleda White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>      "Dionne Mason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>      "Pritchard, Samantha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>      "Monica Medlen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>      "Mike Rogers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>      "Laura Orlt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>      "Jim Laskares" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>      "Julie Wallace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>      "Bunny Higgins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>      "Matt Higgins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>      "Bobbi Sharp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>      "Wayne & Dru Huffman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> The pastor and his wife who led Roy and I to the Lord have sent this to us
> and we think it is worth forwarding as an encouragement to us to take every
> opportunity to be ready in any season to present the gospel.  There are
> available to all of us opportunities daily----may we be found faithful
> available and ready to give the truth to anyone we can.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: unruhmv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Marilynn Albert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Joyce Burkes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
> John Chastain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Terry & Brenda Engler
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Pat Fernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Rob & Kim Fraizer
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sheila Freemyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Marsena
> Hadlock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Rhonda Hula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 10:01 AM
> Subject: hello from AZ.
>
> >Hello again.  We are home in Arizona again and reading all our email.  This
> >was sent to us by a dear friend Vern McNally.  I thought it was a wonderful
> >testimony.   Hope it goes on to my note without a long forwarding list.
> >Looks like another great day in AZ.  Of course we are busy unpacking,
> >organizing the little 5th wheeler once again.  Its good to be home again.
> >Marge
> >
> >
> >>
> >> >
> >> John Hernandez (a friend of ours at church) recently shared a testimony
> >that
> >> is so remarkable, and credible, that we feel compelled to share it with a
> >> wider audience.
> >>
> >> John related that last week.  He talked with an Alaska Airlines pilot who
> >is
> >> involved in the investigation of the horrific crash of Alaska Flight
> >> 261.
> >>
> >> The pilot has listened to the cockpit voice recorder from the downed
> plane
> >> and he reported that for the last 9 minutes of the flight, the wife of
> the
> >> pastor from Monroe, Washington can be heard sharing the Gospel with the
> >> passengers over the planes intercom system.  Just before the final dive
> >into
> >> the Pacific Ocean, she can be heard leading the sinners prayer for
> >> salvation.
> >>
> >> The pilot also told John that the flight data recorder from the plane
> >> indicates that there is no good explanation for how the plane was able to
> >> stay in the air for those final 9 minutes.  But it did stay in the air
> >until
> >> the pastors wife had a chance to share the Gospel with the very attentive
> >> passengers and presumably lead many to salvation in Christ.
> >> So, in the midst of this tragedy, nearly 90 people had an extraordinary
> >> opportunity to get right with their Maker just prior to meeting Him.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >

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