Couple sells everything for sailboat, which sinks on day two

A Colorado couple sold everything they owned to buy a twenty-eight-foot sailboat. They spent a year refurbishing it, then set out to sea. On their second day, their craft struck something underwater. Water flooded the cabin. The couple grabbed Social Security cards, cash, IDs, and their dog as they fled the boat.

The woman told a reporter, “Everything I’ve worked for, everything I’ve owned since I was a child, I brought with me. It’s just floating away and there’s nothing I can do.” However, she was undeterred: “The boat sank, but our dreams didn’t sink with the boat.”

Other accidents in today’s news were far more traumatic.

Lionel Douglass was attending a wedding at the Grand Canyon when he saw a sightseeing helicopter crash and explode. He told ABS News, “I had taken my phone and I was zooming in to see if I could see anybody and a lady walked out of the flames and I just lost it.” Three people died; four survivors were taken to a local hospital and remained in critical condition as of last night.

Sunday afternoon, a Russian jetliner crashed near Moscow, killing all seventy-one passengers and crew. London City Airport was closed last night after an unexploded World War II bomb was found nearby. Residents in the area were asked to leave their homes overnight.

One fact about life today is that we cannot predict life tomorrow. However, we can choose to be ready. A movie I saw over the weekend shows us how.

“The 15:17 to Paris”

On August 15, 2015, a twenty-five-year-old Moroccan man named Ayoub El-Khazzani boarded a high-speed train from Brussels to Paris. He was armed with an assault rifle, a Luger pistol, a box cutter, and 270 rounds of ammunition.

Also on the train were three Americans: Spencer Stone, Anthony Sadler, and Alek Skarlatos. When El-Khazzani began his attack, Stone tackled the terrorist and was able to subdue him. The other two helped hold him down, eventually tying him up. Stone then helped a wounded…