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Summary Of When Lightning Struck
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Always remember: the point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on.
When lightning struck the plane, the author was in the bathroom of the plane. She knew what it was. The flight waved widely and it was hard for her to sit down. As she lunged toward her seat, everyone was looking up at her, feared.

A little girl beside the author seemed scared, for whom it was only second time on an airplane. A young businessman who had been confidently working looked much worried. The author got very worried, too.

Then came the pilot’s voice. The author never paid attention to the drill, she would have died of terror. She was ready to faint, however, seeing the worry of the girl, she reached the girl’s hand

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