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<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nOne day a man came up to him in a restaurant and said: \u201cYou\u2019re Charles Plumb, the fighter pilot whose plane was shot down. I was the one who looked after your parachute when you went on missions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Surprised, Plumb expressed his undying gratitude: \u201cIf my parachute had not worked, I would not be here today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Plumb had forgotten all about this man. How many times had he seen him without even saying hello to him? Plumb was a fighter pilot while this man was just a simple sailor. A sailor who spent hours on board the ship carefully folding parachutes on a long wooden table, and who held the fate of a person who did not know him in his hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today when he gives talks, Plumb asks the audience: Who looks after your parachute?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And what about you? Who looks after yours?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Charles Plumb was a fighter pilot in the American Navy in Vietnam. His plane was shot down and he ejected, landed, was captured and spent six years in prison. He now gives talks about the lessons that can be learnt from this experience. One day a man came up to him in a restaurant and said: \u201cYou\u2019re Charles Plumb, the fighter pilot whose plane was shot down. I was the one who looked after your parachute when you went on missions.\u201d Surprised, Plumb expressed his undying gratitude: \u201cIf my parachute had not worked, I would not be here today.\u201d Plumb had forgotten all about this man. How many times had he seen him without even saying hello to him? Plumb was a fighter pilot while this man was just a simple sailor. A sailor who spent hours on board the ship carefully folding parachutes on a long wooden table, and who held the fate of a person who did not know him in his hands. Today when he gives talks, Plumb asks the audience: Who looks after your parachute?\u201d And what about you? Who looks after yours?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2289],"tags":[2715,2713,2716,2714],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n