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What do you do if you think you’re about to die in a plane crash in 2015?
Tweet a selfie of you wearing an oxygen mask, of course.
A number of passengers on a United flight scheduled to fly from Denver International Airport to Los Angeles did just that.
Included among them: Sheamus, a tough-as-nails World Wrestling Entertainment personality, who admitted in his message that there aren’t “many brave lads” when oxygen masks drop.
According to CBS4, whose report is on view below, reports that the flight was diverted to Grand Junction for an emergency landing due to smoke in the cockpit proved untrue. No smoke was found.
Instead, what’s described as a “medical event” involving one passenger caused others to start feeling sick, prompting the pilot to deploy the masks and head for GJ.
Shortly thereafter, Twitpics of the scene began popping up, including this one from passenger Niles Emerick….
Unexpected stop in Grand Junction on my way to LAX. #thatsafirst #oxygenmask https://t.co/jYJcs7pFTh pic.twitter.com/379ubBhbLw
— Niles Emerick (@naemerick) July 22, 2015
…and one from David Schamis:
#UA447 on the way to LA just emergency landed at Grand Junction – loss of oxygen in the cabin #Unitedairlines pic.twitter.com/uu96A0fT45
— David Schamis (@dschamis) July 22, 2015
As for the famous Sheamus, WWE fans are used to seeing him take aggressive action, as in this screen capture from an April bout in which his foot says hello to opponent Zack Ryder’s chops:
But yesterday, he showed a more vulnerable side in the following tweet:
Emergency landing in Colorado on a @united flight. Not many brave lads when the masks drop from overhead. pic.twitter.com/Z4Um2uYhuD
— Sheamus (@WWESheamus) July 22, 2015
The flight was greeted by the Grand Junction Fire Department, which tweeted a photo of its own noting that one person was hospitalized after landing:
Update: Transporting 1 to local hospital for further eval #Alert2 @GJAirport pic.twitter.com/SwpULAHVPu
— GJ Fire Dept PIO (@GJFDPIO) July 22, 2015
Otherwise, no one was hurt, and the tweeted photos have become mementos of a harrowing experience rather than final images.
Look below to see the aforementioned CBS4 piece, as well as a report from KCAL in Los Angeles and, just for fun, the clip from that Sheamus/Zack Ryder bout.
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