AA 331

Last evening the final section of downed American Airlines Flight 331 was removed from the beach off Kingston. On December 22, the Boeing 737-800 overshot the runway at the Norman Manley Airport in Kingston shortly after 10:00pm, crashed on the beach across the Port Royal Road and broke into three. There were no fatalities. There was no one from the Mission on the plane If the airplane hit the sea it would have immediately sank into the 11,000 feet of water

just off the shore. Jamaica is calling this incident a Christmas Miracle. As Christians we know that because of the Incarnation "miracles" happen each day, as everything is touched by the Divine! An additional miracle happened that evening. Many are questioning if the emergency crews were quick enough to respond but in typical Jamaican fashion it was the ordinary people; bus driver, local citizens, taxi operators, who responded immediately to offer assistance. In a Country plagued by violence, it takes a possible major catastrophe to show the goodness of the ordinary people of this tiny Island Nation. Below are some pictures taken by Sister Naomi last week on the way to pick up a visitor at the airport.