Panel 1: The question “What do long-fall incidents have in common?” appears above an image of a convertible driving over a cliff like in the movie “Thelma and Louise.” The car appears three times as if animated. Once it is speeding toward the edge of the cliff. Next it is airborne. And finally it heads in mid-air toward the ground. The text inside the shaded cliffside reads, “One thing that virtually all of these stories share is that they follow the same narrative path.” Panel 2: In this panel, a jet airliner in the upper righthand corner is struck by lightning during a storm and breaks into four pieces. In the foreground on the right side, a figure in a long-sleeved shirt, long dark pants, and tie-up shoes is falling in mid-air. The text appears in two parts. The first part reads, “Stage 1: Uh-oh…Something bad happens that leaves the participant in mind-air.” Below, the second part reads, “Stage 2: Aaaah! Participant realizes that they are about to die.” Panel 3: In the upper left corner, the text reads, “Stage 3: I’m alive! Participant does not die.” Below and to the right, the figure from the second panel looks up with disbelief as he lies on a grassy slope.” The text below and to the left reads, “Stage 4: Help me! If the participant is not immediately found or rescued then they have to find a way to safety on their own.” To the right of this text, two hands hold up a sign with the letters S, O, and S on it. Panel 4: The text in the upper left corner reads, “Juliane Koepcke’s story is an example of Stage 4: She fell into the Amazon rain forest after the airliner she was in disintegrated in mid-air during a thunderstorm.” To the right of this text a woman in a white, sleeveless dress and one shoe steps cautiously along a riverbank. Three fish poke their heads above the water and look on with interest. In the space below, the text reads: “She walked for eleven days before finding help.” This cartoon is part of a series called Falling. It is written and drawn by Jim Hamilton who can be found on Instagram at Green Harbor Publications (all one word, greenharborpublications).
Panel 1: The question “What do long-fall incidents have in common?” appears above an image of a convertible driving over a cliff like in the movie “Thelma and Louise.” The car appears three times as if animated. Once it is speeding toward the edge of the cliff. Next it is airborne. And finally it heads in mid-air toward the ground. The text inside the shaded cliffside reads, “One thing that virtually all of these stories share is that they follow the same narrative path.” Panel 2: In this panel, a jet airliner in the upper righthand corner is struck by lightning during a storm and breaks into four pieces. In the foreground on the right side, a figure in a long-sleeved shirt, long dark pants, and tie-up shoes is falling in mid-air. The text appears in two parts. The first part reads, “Stage 1: Uh-oh…Something bad happens that leaves the participant in mind-air.” Below, the second part reads, “Stage 2: Aaaah! Participant realizes that they are about to die.” Panel 3: In the upper left corner, the text reads, “Stage 3: I’m alive! Participant does not die.” Below and to the right, the figure from the second panel looks up with disbelief as he lies on a grassy slope.” The text below and to the left reads, “Stage 4: Help me! If the participant is not immediately found or rescued then they have to find a way to safety on their own.” To the right of this text, two hands hold up a sign with the letters S, O, and S on it. Panel 4: The text in the upper left corner reads, “Juliane Koepcke’s story is an example of Stage 4: She fell into the Amazon rain forest after the airliner she was in disintegrated in mid-air during a thunderstorm.” To the right of this text a woman in a white, sleeveless dress and one shoe steps cautiously along a riverbank. Three fish poke their heads above the water and look on with interest. In the space below, the text reads: “She walked for eleven days before finding help.” This cartoon is part of a series called Falling. It is written and drawn by Jim Hamilton who can be found on Instagram at Green Harbor Publications (all one word, greenharborpublications).
Published On: March 3, 2025

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