Flight Down S O S Karen , was a young lady, Who had just past - TopicsExpress



          

Flight Down S O S Karen , was a young lady, Who had just past her twenty first birthday She also had finished her nurses training, Now she was headed to a small village in the far north, were she would assist the only doctor in the area of thousands of miles It was some what exciting, also some what scary, As she set in the plane that would drop her at leduke , the first stage if her journey,Her thoughts turned to leaving behind so many things and pepole, Her parents, Whom sle loved so dear, A brother, that was often a tease , though she loved him to, She knew he loved her, Then the Boy she went with for so long, Je there had been no one else, Did she love him?, She was not sure, she had thought so, Now as the plane settled on to the run way, she was no longer sure, it could have been He had just been like family, In fact he had been like family, Spending days at her parents place since he was five, She had to travel the next hundred and fifty miles buy bus to a town north of Edmonton From there a small bush plane would take her the next part of the trip She was not sure how far that would be, though it was some distance, there were no summer roads in to the small vilage, though they did make winter roads after freeze up The bus trip seemed for ever, as it did stop to pick up some people in different towns, There was a stop of half hour in Edminton , though no change of bus So Karen slept for a wile At he small town were she was to meet the Pilot who would fly her to her destination, She was surprised to see that he was a lad, that was only a year or two older than she, A surprising good looking lad, With a smile that gave him such a cute( Karen thought for an other word then resided yes cute was right) Face, He shook her hand, Then as it was late in the day, he drove her to his home, were he interduced her to his parents, His mother to gave her a hug then ask her to join them with their evening meal, Karen was so surprised, She had came from a friendly family, though not as friendly as these people were it was hard for her to believe any one being so friendly After a great meal Rons mom showed Karen to a room to sleep in She told her best try get some sleep early that Ron would like to be in the air at least an hour before day break, then she Kissed Karen on the Cheek and left the room, Karen felt like a little girl, Her mother use to kiss her like that when she was small, She thought of those days then got out bed knelt by the side and said the prayer she use to say It seemed Karen had just goten to sleep when Ron mother called her it was time to get up, she told her to take a nice warm shower , then dress in her warmest clothes, as it would be cold for a time in the plane, Then Karen was ask to sit down and eat a hearty breakfast, As Karen ate, Rons mom was making sandwiches and placing them in a big cooler also added a boxes full of chocolate bars, and some dried fruit and meats, when karen looked at Rons mom with a question on her face , She was told that some was their lunch , some was emergency rations, She also said there was more in the plain, also some other Emergency things A fishing line and Gun with shells , Blankets and other things Before they Left, Rons father handed her a heavy fryers jacket, Telling her to wear it it be warmer than her coat, she could send it back with Ron It was cold As she walked to the hanger,Rons dad carried her suit case She had 2 more she had left in the hanger , Ron had already placed in the plane. The plane was warming up on the runway, It was very frosty as they walked towards the plane, She was very thank full for the lend of the jacket it had a lining of something that made it very warm, Soon they were on the way,they had earphones and mikes, so they could talk above the noise of the engine, For a time they charted, then Ron suggested That Karen sleep if she could they be at least three hours in the air They would land once for gasoline, They cold get some Coffey, and go to wash rooms there then they had an other hour and half flying to get to Tamarind The village that she was going, So she slept. After they filled with gas and had an hour rest, they took off once more, the day had warmed some, The land below them now was mostly rock some trees, many lakes and rivers some hills and some gulleys, Ron told her they be past the tree line that they see the deer gathering and starting south, as he spoke he told her lok dow there they have started Karen looked and she drew a deep breath saying oh Ron they look like a rail line there are so many ron said yes were they are traveling threw tat ravine they have no room to spread out on the tundra they spread out so they can graze It was just after they past the reindeer that the plane first sputtered than quit, Ron worked the controls trying reach a lake that was close but not close enough Ron did his best, and set the plane down as gentle as possible. One hundred more feet they made the lake, Sadly that was not the case, Though for a time Karen though frightened thought they were safe, Then the plane hit a tree tore off the wing and door, flipped on it side,\ For a miniature or two Karen was in shock, She had no Idea what to do, She looked at Ron, Then She thought OH God he is dead Ron had a bad cut on his forehead His arm she was sure was broken and looked like his leg was to. Then she thought of fire, She did smell gasoline, So she fought her way free of the belt, then she had to crawl over Ron to get out of the plane. She hated to do it but She thought there was no choice, She puled and dragged Ron As far from the plane as she thought was safe seeing no fire she returned and care it the emergency rations from the plane having some problems retrieving them , though she did manage, she made tree trips , were she retrieved both emergency cases the gin and shells also one of her suitcases On the forth trip she retrieved the second suit case also two of the blankets, she had not quite reached where she left Ron when the plane exploded, throwing her to the ground and stunning her for a minute, Coming to she could feel the heat at her back, though she was Ok, Now she knew she must try and help Ron, first she must see if she could set the broken arm, and see what happened to his leg The emergency kit had most of what she needed, after doing what she could to straiten his arm She found a roll of sticking plaster, She made a cast from it, then she took some cleansing materiel and washed his forehead Finding it needed some stitches she stitched it At this time Ron started to come around, She knew He would be in pain so she gave him one of the morphine pills, When he drifted back into a coma she worked on his leg, After some stitches and washing it well she did her best to set the break then using the last of the sticking Plaster She left it to get hard Now she had to think of a way to keep Ron Yes and her self warm First she covered him with the blankets,. Then she looked at the plane there was nothing she could see left of it, the fire had quickly died down leaving a few branches still burning, She used the ax she had brought from the plane to drag one the burning branches near then found a few more and built up a fire for warmth, This was a poor spot to have to spend a night, There was not a lot of dry wood near by nor ant shelter for the night, Even if she could find shelter Could she move Ron, She did not think so, She even wondered if she had done him harm moving him a way from the plain, How was she to find heat and shelter, As she looked a round she could see the ground had a lot of the droppings from the reindeer, would it burn, would it make heat The best way would be to try it, so with a peace of tin she found from the plane she scooped up a bunch and added it to the fire, She found it much like charcoal, it burned slow though produced a lot of heat, So one thing learned about survival , now what about shelter, An other look at the plane, no nothing of any help there, as she walked around looking she tripped over a stone and hurt her toe. She said some bad language then looked at the stone, then she looked around, yes there were a lot stones she mite lift, could she make a shelter, She best try any thing to reflect the heat would help, so for the rest of the daylight she gathered stones and reindeer poop, by dark she had a short wall part way around Ron and a pile of the fuel close by Then taking all the clothes the blankets she coverd Ben and made a spot were she could sit close and keep the fire going she rested, She checked Ron as he was a wake she offered him some Coffey, as there was some left, He took a small drink , then refuesd any thing else Karen to had a drink of the coffey , it wqas cold now but that did not mater Then topped off the fire she wrapped the coat around her and set back, She must have slept, for when she woke the fire was low, She quickly added fuel , then Checked Ron, he was slightly feverish , though he was till sleeping, Karen thought of making some stew for Ron, she looked threw the emergency things there was a small kettle The moon was bright so she took the kettle to thev lake and filled it with water, also taking a drink, She fond the water pure and refreshing, Returning to the fire she first decided as there was some Coffey in the supply’s to make some hot Coffey , When it was ready, she gave the first drink to Ron who drank it greedily , After she to had a drink She found Ron wasw feeling better, She added rthe rest of the Coffey to the Thermos Then returned to the lake for more water, With it and some of the dried meat she set a pot of stew on or close to the fire to cook As dawn was breaking she was once more gathering rocks and feul\For three days She done so, till the wals were high wenough and nearly all the way around Ron, with room for her to Though Now Yes Now it was time to think about food, they still had some , though not a lot Would any one look for them She hoped so, Ron now was able to talk and move some Told her His dad would be looking,He told her to keep any bright colors tied to sticks so they be seen, She had a red slip she used, She prayed each night for help to come, she worried that the break in Rons arm or leg were not correctly set and would cause him trouble Ron though pleaded with her not to worry, that she had did a great job Karen knew nothing about fishing nor cleaning or cooking fish So Ron showed her how to cast and bait a hook, He to did the cleaning and cooking of the fish They were a treat Just after the sun reached the hugh point on the eight day the plane arrived They all returned to Rons Home Later Ron spent time in a hospital in Edmonton Karen waited with his parents till they knew all was going be well with Ron After she returned to thev job she started out to go to She and Ron remained close friends Bill © Mar 27 2014©
Posted on: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 18:15:53 +0000

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