Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Parnell Air National Guard Base, Tennessee


Today I interviewed Colonel Christina Eliopolis and had a very interesting interview. She flied a Raptor fighter plane unlike any other. She became very frustrated when DeStRes banned these planes because they were considered strategically invalid. This frustrated her because she went through hell for her training and was banned from using what she had spent a portion of her life training for. How would you feel? She told me the main mission of the airforce was airborne resuply, the only thing that mattered during the time of war. Eliopolis then showed me a map that illustrated sections of the United States where there were people make a stand against the zombies. If you could be anywhere in the United States during the invasion, where would you want to be? I personally would like to be in the Rocky Mountain for the coverage and protection and resuplyment of the government. This is when she began to tell me of the story of when she was making a run from Phoenix to Tallahassee Florida when her crew hit major turbulance and the tail fell off, the plane then started dipping and luckily she made it out with her parachute along with one other man who was later eaten by the zombies. With the help of a skywatcher she successfully made it out of the infested area but with great difficulty. Even with the help of a skywatcher I don't think I could make it. But, there is training, which factored into her escape. What would you do if twelve zombies were coming at you? Give up, or keep on fighting? Eliopolis kept on fighting.

3 comments:

Terry Hudson said...

I agree with you on your point of fleeing to the Rocky Mountains, although it would still be scary if you were all alone. Also, why didn't go more in depth in what a skywatcher was? And do we really know if a skywatcher existed? Because it was told that her radio was broken, so how could a skywatcher contact her? Just some things to think about....

Zombie Blogger said...

You had a good description of her job and how she couldn't ride it anymore because of its ban. What you should add though is more information on her experience after landing on the infested island. This was the main part of the interview and shows her exposure to zombies and how her training and help from another person helped her survive. Great writing though you explained it very well.

Nick Murphy said...

I like how you described how upset she was about her job being classified as useless. ?But I don't think that that was the main bulk of the interview. I most interesting part was how the skywatcher guided her to safety even when her ankle was broken.