Terror on Flight 789

The original story of the Mormon missionary who cried bomb

36 posts

Afterword: And I Seal Up These Records

previous: Chapter 34: The Last Supper And I seal up these records, after I have spoken a few words by way of exhortation unto you. —Moroni 10:2 How, I ask, am I to wrap all this up? Good question. I suppose a roll call of the players in this

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4 Min
By: Elder Shunn

Chapter 34: The Last Supper

previous: Chapter 33: Moon over Eastport Café My path over the subsequent year took me from Bonners Ferry to Orofino, Idaho, to Pasco, Washington, and finally to Wenatchee, Washington—the town where I was promoted to zone leader, and where I would eventually die. My release was scheduled for August

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3 Min
By: Elder Shunn

Chapter 33: Moon over Eastport Café

previous: Chapter 32: Dreadful Sorry Berenstein The nice thing about being dumped by the girl back home is that you instantly become a member of a tight, supportive fraternity. I mean, statistically, less than ten percent of the girls who promise to wait for their missionaries actually end up doing

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6 Min
By: Elder Shunn

Chapter 32: Dreadful Sorry Berenstein

previous: Chapter 31: A Lad Insane It started innocently enough. Elder Summers, as zone leader, periodically went on splits with the district leaders he supervised. One day he made plans to split with Elder Berenstein, who was the district leader in Ellensburg, a college town fifty miles north of Yakima

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4 Min
By: Elder Shunn

Chapter 31: A Lad Insane

previous: Chapter 30: Inquiring Minds Want to Know I spent the bulk of the next forty-eight hours hauling Snow and Hering around so that I could say goodbye to investigators, local members, and fellow missionaries. On Wednesday, Snow dumped Hering off on a split with someone or other, and he

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4 Min
By: Elder Shunn

Chapter 30: Inquiring Minds Want to Know

previous: Chapter 29: I Heard It Through the Grapevine On Monday, March 9, I heard from my father that he had transferred a healthy sum of money from my savings account to my checking account—so Snow and his new companion Elder Hering and I drove downtown to get my

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6 Min
By: Elder Shunn

Chapter 29: I Heard It Through the Grapevine

previous: Chapter 28: John Snow, Spin Doctor Several rather interesting things happened in the subsequent days. First, a letter arrived for me from Canada Immigration. I was summoned to attend an "immigration inquiry" on Tuesday, March 10—a hearing at which it would be determined whether or not,

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5 Min
By: Elder Shunn

Chapter 28: John Snow, Spin Doctor

previous: Chapter 27: The Guy Who Blows Up Planes Four hours later, I was released. This time my father was waiting right there to greet me as I stepped out of the elevator. "We could have had you out hours ago," he said as we went outside. "

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7 Min
By: Elder Shunn

Chapter 27: The Guy Who Blows Up Planes

previous: Chapter 26: King Solomon Mimed "Therefore," continued Judge Fether, "I hereby sentence you, Donald William Shunn the Second, to a fine of two thousand dollars, which fine must be paid from money you have earned yourself, and to one day in jail, retroactive. Case closed."

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2 Min
By: Elder Shunn

Chapter 26: King Solomon Mimed

previous: Chapter 25: Felonious Monk President Tuttle was determined to keep me away from reporters. I don't remember exactly how it was done—I have to admit that I was rather numb—but somehow I got out of the courtroom without facing a single camera or microphone. "

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5 Min
By: Elder Shunn

Chapter 25: Felonious Monk

previous: Chapter 24: The Pokey, by Gum! Harvey spent the remainder of our strategy session quizzing me on my background. He was compiling a comprehensive list of all my positive accomplishments to use as evidence that I was a good boy and didn't deserve to go to jail.

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5 Min
By: Elder Shunn

Chapter 24: The Pokey, by Gum!

previous: Chapter 23: Sealed with a Giggle The next morning—the day of the insanely expeditious trial—President Tuttle summoned my father and me to the mission home's book-lined study. The first thing he discussed with us—or rather, apprised us of his position on—was the matter

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8 Min
By: Elder Shunn

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