Mercy
Directed Away from a Flight That Crashed
Abigail Torres·Miami, United States·March 10, 2026
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I want to be measured in how I share this because I am aware of how it sounds. I was booked on a regional flight out of Miami in the fall of 2024. The morning of the flight I woke with an unusually strong sense that I should not get on that plane. Not anxiety — I am a frequent flyer and I know what my travel anxiety feels like. This was different. Quieter and more certain. I called the airline and changed to a later flight, which cost me a fee and created logistical complications. The earlier flight experienced a serious mechanical emergency shortly after takeoff and made an emergency landing. There were injuries. I do not know what would have happened if I had been on that flight. I know I was not on it because something told me clearly not to be. I have thought about this many times and I have no naturalistic account of that morning that satisfies me.