Since the attack, O'Brien has been having nightmares. "I've sat up straight in bed many times, reliving it, reseeing it, rehearing it," she says. "And it's in the most absurd ways that only a dream could depict."
In her dreams, events unfold differently.
"The one that comes to mind most, dreaming of a green pool in front of me. That was part of the radar scope. It was a pool of gel, and I reached into the radar scope to stop that flight. But in the dream, I didn't harm the plane," she says. "I just held it in my hand, and somehow that stopped everything."
Can you imagine the heartbreak of this woman? She watched this all unfold on a radar screen in front of her, and could do nothing to stop it. She just wished she could take those men, women, and children, and hold them in her hand.
Wow. It is amazing how our minds work to rectify situations beyond our control.
What a touching story. She felt so helpless and wanted to do something to prevent this tragedy.