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Boy Boarding MH17: What Will Happen If the Airplane Crashes?
A haunting premonition: 'What will happen if the airplane crashes?' asks boy boarding MH17
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By KRISTEN GELINEAU
The Associated Press
Samira Calehr wrapped her arms around her 11-year-old son, who’d been oddly agitated for days, peppering her with questions about death, about his soul, about God. The next morning, she would drop Miguel and his big brother Shaka at the airport so they could catch Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, the first leg of their journey to Bali to visit their grandmother.
Her normally cheerful, well-travelled boy should have been excited. His silver suitcase sat in the living room, ready to go. Jetskiing and surfing in paradise awaited. But something was off. A day earlier, while playing soccer, Miguel had burst out: “How would you choose to die? What would happen to my body if I was buried? Would I not feel anything because our souls go back to God?”
And now, the night before his big trip, Miguel refused to release his mother from his grasp.
He’s just going to miss me, Calehr told herself. So she stretched out beside him and held him all night.
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“Mama, I’m going to miss you,” he said. “What will happen if the airplane crashes?”
What was this all about? she wondered.
“Don’t say that,” she said, squeezing him. “Everything will be OK.”
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She watched the two boys walk away. But Miguel kept looking back at his mother. His big brown eyes looked sad.
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“I should have listened to him,” she says softly. “I should have listened to him.”
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Source: Associated Press via: http://www.ajc.com/news/news/hauntin...?__federated=1
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it's so sad
