Back from Japan
I’ve been back for a few weeks but haven’t blogged anything. I’ve mini-blogged with pictures on flickr, but one sidestory wasn’t in the pictures.
On the flight back the attendants were asking if there were doctors on board. A retired nurse volunteered to help out. Turns out it was someone at the back of the plane having some heart related problem. Before the ex-nurse left her seat, the attendant asked “Do you still know how to use the blood pressure meter?”, and she said, “Um, do I still know how to ride a bike?”
The problem was serious enough (and apparently more than one person was ill) that Captain decided to detour our plane and land at Anchorage in Alaska. At that point I was thinking something bad was gonna happen.. like they’d have to carry someone off the plane.
After the plane landed, we saw a bunch of tall, firefighter-type men came onboard with all their gears and wheelchair, but I didn’t see them needing it. Good news I guess.
That’s the first glimpse of Anchorage I had. The people that needed help left the plane, and we continued on to Vancouver. I’ve never heard of Anchorage before. Just seems like there are lots of these quiet, pleasant places that I probably won’t get to visit. Would’ve been nice if we could get off the plane for a bit, like tour bus. End of Story.