The Worst Day Ever

So you have thought you had a bad day.  Just look around and look up the worst of them all.   After hearing the story, one can comprehend any lousy day that seemed so small as the result of the aftermath.  Enjoy a read and see that one had an awful day.

On May 22, 1957, the plane BM-033, a B-36 bomber, was flying from a base on Texas land to a base near the state south of Colorado. The nuclear bomb was on a harness as they traveled to have the bomb worked on.  The weather was good throughout the travel as the plane went through the states. The guard stood near the area of the bomb. The purpose was to keep the bomb safe when on the plane. The bomb needed to be worked on and sent to the other base for that to happen.  The Cold War era was an actual event, and nukes were the weapons of war.  The day started well as the crew went on the journey.  The nuclear element was disabled due to regulations after the last World War.  Safety for the most dangerous weapons was put in place. The guard kept an eye on the bomb the whole event.  Texas had great weather, and the crew was glad.  The job was to get the bomb safely there.  

The other state south of Colorado was the end place. Many clouds floated, and the country was unaware of the travels.  Turbulence started to come as the plane shook. The weather became stormy.  An unstable bomb could become a problem for the crew and the country's people. The guard stood away but felt the travels would be okay.  The guard approached the nuke carefully as the weather would not stop, and the weapon was robust.   A stable travel was needed, but the shaking made every move more dangerous.  Each second was not helped by the turbulence. 

The job had been expected to be smooth. Such a task was an honor at the start. Now, the guard tried to keep the bomb secure as the plane flew to the next base. All the guard thought was to land and end the job well.   The awfulness of the guard's stomach was not helped as the turbulence worsened.  All the crew could do was shake and take the weather's wrath.  When all he could have thought and fears for success.  He stood for the bomb but was unbalanced for the longest part of the journey.  

The guard thought, "Only to end this journey and let my head rest."

The rest of the crew thought the same way.  Each second was not better as the plane rattled on and the stomachs turned. The guard's clothes were close to the bomb as he kept it as stable as probable.  The many straps started to get near a small lever on the harness.  The day was as crazy as ever.  The lever was suddenly moved by the clothes.   The harness could no longer hold as the bomb fell to the ground. The guard's heart started to beat as he raced to reattach the nuke.  That needed to be done as fast as he could.  He began to scramble to lower the harness to gather the bomb back.   The job was to keep the bomb secure, and by blunder, the weapon lay on the floor.    To the guard's terror, not long after that, the floor started to open.  As the nuke fell to earth, so was the guard's heart.  There was no cure to stop the upcoming doom as the bomb had already been dropped. The guard fell to his knees and prayed for another result from the occurrence.   He knew that the career he had was over and so many could end up dead.  He had the worst day, but the event was unplanned and unwanted. Oops, that was not a good answer.

No one suspected such an occurrence over the desert in the state south of Colorado.  The bomb fell to the earth and came to no town by chance.   The boom was so large that one of the last wars was small compared to that one.  The boom could be heard from a glance around, and the damage was done.   The crews were eventually sent out to see the blunder.   The nuke was hydrogen and more potent than the last type.  A crater of 12 ft and a space of 25 ft around where the bomb landed.  The government kept the occurrence under secret knowledge for a long lapse.  There was some relief that the worst part was not set off due to the safety procedures of nukes.  No one was murdered by the bomb that landed on vacant land. Nuclear presence was not found apart from the hole.  Safety saves many people that day with the proper procedures. 

The aftermath was never released, and the guard's fate was never revealed.  Only to see how the leaders made judgments about the guard's blunder.   One could have thought the guard was off duty to a regular job. That was a day the guard never wanted to have. The events would have been too much to expound on the matter.   Some more safety protocols should have been placed on the transport of nuclear weapons so that the occurrence would never happen on another transport.  The bomb dropped was not supposed to happen, but no new occurrences have been revealed.  The guard probably went on and had a tremendous burden on the fault of a dropped hydrogen bomb.  More damage would have been present as the bomb fell on the vacant ground.   That was the only good element out of the guard's story.  Elements can go wrong, and that guard had to go on to accept the fault of the guard's deeds.  

After one hears a story such as the poor guard's,  0ne can look at the many occurrences that do not even compare to that degree. One can be glad that no one was hurt.  One can have some mercy on oneself for fewer errors.  No one can be perfect, no matter how we try.  For me, to let myself slack when a lousy day does come my way.   Remember that that guard had a much worse day than most would ever have.  The hole would be on the desert floor to remember that all can be at fault.  Even on a bad day for yourself and overwhelmed, someone has already had a worse one.   One can grant yourself grace and walk through the occurrence.   You have not had the worst day and get through the mess.  

All to say, death was a worse result, and those who go through those ones are worse on the scale.  The general problems of the world are fewer.   Sympathy should always be necessary for those who have lost someone.    

One can hope that the lesson of the guard can help those to be more accepted of the lesser faults that come.  May all have some humor and learn to move past the have mercy on yourselves.  Bad days would always come when one does not need them.   The worst day can have many elements, but some have done worse.