Coincidence in the Sky
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Again another remarkable coincidence in my life.
A number of years ago I was flying from San Francisco to Manila.
A woman seated next to me was looking at her passport.
Normally I respect privacy and am not nosey, but something compelled me look at her passport.
My eyes went straight to her date of birth (I don't know why).
It was the exact same date of birth as mine, December 3rd, 1935.
I've never met anybody born the same day as me, so of course I spoke to her about it.
We were both astonished and amused.
It was a few years later that I learned the most incredible thing about such a chance meeting.
The first trans-pacific flight from San Francisco to Manila landed on December 3rd, 1935.
Date submitted:Tue, 08 May 2012 18:19:16 +0000Coincidence ID:6319
