The Power of Twitter
Again, I'm blogging about how amazing twitter is. Because it is.
A little over an hour ago, I switched off my dvr to live television, and I saw footage of a plane in the Hudson River. I immediately turned to twitter search and typed in "plane crash." There were tweets where people actually saw the plane go down.
There was one fellow twitter, @jkrums, who had left the city over an hour ago and twittered:
Then, not long after, he was on a ferry headed home. He then saw a plane crash, and people get out of the plane and get on the wing, and his ferry was headed over to help get them. He took a picture and posted it on twitpic.com. Not long after, twitpic.com went down because so many people retweeted his tweet and it was no longer able to support such traffic. Luckily, some smart people put it up on flickr as well:
Amazing.
Also, some of the first pictures up on flickr were posted on twitter as well. It was really amazing to see those pictures right away. Especially if people were not around a television.
So thankful that everyone survived. I can't believe what they went through. I'm sure it was one of those times where your entire life flashes through your mind. Just listening to the passengers being interviewed they are so calm and willing to give information about the experience. I know I'd probably be histerical. There were a couple guardian angels flying with that plane this afternoon. Hope they are able to get down to Charlotte as planned soon!
~Taylor~
P.S. When CNN was interviewing one of the passengers, he was saying how he saw a woman with her baby climbing over seats to get out, and he announced women and children first, and let her and her baby out. That is some story to tell that baby when he/she gets older. So thankful everyone survived! I'm still in awe!