Mike Wilson decided to let the world know he was OK – via Twitter.
"Holy f------ s--- I was just in a plane crash," he wrote in a text message shortly after Continental Flight 1404 burst into flames and nearly broke apart, injuring 38 people.
Thirty-two minutes later, Mr Wilson added: "Ugh... My glasses fell off in the mass exodus getting off the plane... Can't see very well."
One minute after that, he offered a bit of lightness, perhaps conscious that worried family members might be reading his words: "This was crash No 2 for me. Maybe I should start taking the bus".
More than three million people use Twitter worldwide, and the site has been used increasingly to spread news ahead of traditional media. Last month "Tweeters" spread live news about the Mumbai attacks.
But safety should come before the desire to Twitter. On Monday, Mr Wilson was careful to say: "Just to clarify, I was NOT tweeting from inside a burning plane. My first tweet wasn't sent until I was safely away from the plane."
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clipped from www.telegraph.co.uk
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