Recently a Jet Blue flight from New York to LAX was diverted to Denver so an unruly passenger could be taken off the plane in handcuffs. I don’t know if this happens more often than it used to, or if we just hear about it more. In this case, the world heard about it from film producer Cassian Elwes, who sat down after the flight to report the story on his Twitter feed.
Go read it. It’s immediate and tense. I imagine finding myself trapped near madness this way, seatbelted next to it, close enough to smell. It scares me. And, at least in this case, it also makes me enormously sad. Because we can be so human in our madness, so human even in moments of ultimate alienation.
I hope I never go mad. But if I do, then I hope someone treats me like Cassian Elwes treated Marco.
Enjoy your day. Be careful. And then, if you can, be kind.
I work with mad people. Your kind of fear and empathy are just what they need. Thanks.
Thank you, Barbara. I admire you for doing the work that so many of us are afraid or not compassionate enough to do.