Booth had just finished giving his testimony in the New York courtroom and he had been excused as a witness. Bones was waiting for him in the hallway as she had dato testimony earlier that morning. As Booth came out of the courtroom, she asked. “Do te think we will have to testify again o can we go back to DC this afternoon?”
Booth answered. “The attorneys are summing up the case now and hopefully it will go to the jury before noon.”

As predicted the case was dato to the jury da noon and they were released to return back to DC that afternoon. They were planning on taking one of the commuter flights out of New York and within an ora they would be back in DC. It was a lot easier to fly than to drive over 250 miles just for a few minuti of testimony.

The drive to the airport took only a few minutes, giving them plenty of time to check in for their flight back to DC. At the ticket counter, the customer service clerk was checking on their tickets. The clerk handed Booth his ticket and told him that the plane would be boarding in 45 minutes. She then turned to Brennan and examined her ticket request and told her that she would board in 30 minuti as she was flying first class.

As they walked away from the counter, Booth asked. “Bones, why can’t te just fly in coach for such a short flight? We won’t be able to sit together for this flight.”
“Booth, why should I fly coach when I can fly first class?”

Booth just gave her one of his exasperated looks and just thought that they would only be separated for less than an hour. It’s not like that time they flew to China which was a ten ora flight.

As Booth boarded the plane he passed Bones already seated in first class as he headed back to his sede, sedile in the rear of the plane. Well at least she is going to have to wait for me to get off the plane when we get to DC because we drove in my car to the airport. It gave him some satisfaction just thinking about her waiting for him.

Booth was settled into his sede, sedile looking out the window as the flight attendant was going through the safety procedures. She was indicating the exit doors in case of an emergency, which Booth has heard numerous times. Bones also was listening to the same instructions and she saw that she was seated within one row of the front exit door. But having flown so many times in the past neither of them thought about the idea of a crash.

As the plane taxied down the runway, they could feel the thrust of the engines and the rumble of the plane as it gathered speed to become airborne. The plane left the pista di decollo, pista and was soaring toward the sky; it was starting out like every other flight nothing seemed out of the ordinary.

Bones had already sent a note to the Jeffersonian letting them know that she is flying back this afternoon and will be in the lab tomorrow.

Back at the Jeffersonian, Angela was asking Cam had she heard from Brennan and Booth. Cam told her that they were both on their way back to DC this afternoon on flight 1549. Angela went back to her office to check on this when this flight would arrive in DC. According to the airlines schedule it is departing on time and will arrive on schedule. Everyone continued to go about their daily activities.

On the airplane, Booth was settling into his sede, sedile for the short plane ride back to DC when he heard the loud thud and then silence. He could see out the window successivo to his sede, sedile that the engine on his side of the aircraft had smoke and flames coming out the rear. He knew that these planes are designed to still fly on one engine. What he did not know was that both engines were gone. The plane had flown through a flock of geese right after takeoff and the birds had gone into both engines. The silence finally registered and he realized both engines were gone. His first thought was he needed to get to Bones but the flight attendants were making sure everyone stayed in their seats with their seatbelts fastened.

Booth saw that there was a message from Bones on his phone. It was asking “What happened?” He wanted to send her a message back but he did not want to frighten her with the thought that we may crash. He just sent. “Bones I’m right here and everything will be all right.”

Bones saw Booth’s answer. She knew that everything was not all right and it was just like Booth to reassure her. What she wanted was Booth to be successivo to her. She wanted to hang on to him for comfort as she has done so often in the past, but he was in coach and she was in first class.

She knew that something was terribly wrong there was no sound from the jet engines and te could hear a pin drop in the silence inside the cabin. The plane was no longer climbing and it was flying very low. She could see the tops of the buildings and hear the alarms being sounded in the cockpit.

She could see the plane was now over the Hudson River and it was slowly losing altitude. Then she heard the captain announce, “Brace for impact.” The cabina attendants then started to say in unison. “Brace, brace, put your head down and keep it down.” Over and over they kept saying it. She knew that they were going down, but there was one più important message she had to send to Booth. Even if they don’t survive this crash into the river she had to send the message. She had to tell him. She quickly typed the message and as the plane was just about to touch the water she hit send.

Booth knew that everything was not going to be all right but he did not want to give up hope. He watched as the buildings were parallel with the plane and he heard the words brace for impact. They were going to crash into the river and the chance of survival was slim. Bones had not sent anymore messages but he had to let her know how he felt. He sent his final message to Bones and then detto a prayer for his and for her safety. He prayed to God that if only one of us should survive please let it be Bones.

The plane was skimming the water and within secondi made a rough landing on its surface. The plane slowly came to a stop and was resting on the surface of the water. The plane had stayed intact but now they needed to get out of the plane before it sank.
The front exit doors were opened and the passengers were exiting the plane and getting onto the wings of the aircraft. Booth could not see Bones as she was in the front of the plane and would have been one of the first to get off. In his section of the plane the freezing water of the river had already started to enter the plane and Booth was struggling to help an elderly lady get off the plane. The water was now up to his knees and he was moving inoltrare, avanti toward the exit doors. As he approached the doors he could see the other passengers on the wings of the aircraft. He was looking for Bones but he could not see her amongst all the passengers on the starboard side of the plane. He could not see the other wing from his position.

Brennan had quickly exited the plane on the left side o as she learned later the port side. As più and più passengers joined her on the wing she was watching for Booth, but she did not see him come out. She was standing on the wing and the frigid water was covering her feet. She could see the approaching ferry boats and hoped they would get here soon. As the first barca arrived, the passengers were boarding and getting to safety. As she stood on the deck of the barca she watched each person who climbed aboard looking for Booth. She then saw the helicopters overhead and the divers going into the water and entering the plane looking for victims. They’re looking in the back of the plane where Booth was sitting. She could feel the knot in the pit of her stomach and her cuore drop with the thought that Booth could be injured o worse yet dead from this crash and she was not with him. She continued to strain her eyes looking for Booth as the ferry barca pulled away from the aircraft.

The ferry carried her back to the New York side of the river where it docked and the survivors were taken to an emergency area for treatment. After Brennan was treated she watched as additional boats docked and più people entered the area. She kept looking for Booth but he was not to be seen. She asked one of the emergency personnel if there were other areas that survivors would be taken to o is this, the only area. Brennan had explained that she was looking for her partner who was on the same flight and that she could not see him. The person she asked could not give her an answer at this time because of all commotion of the plane crash. Brennan was told to just sit and rest and eventually someone would be able to help her. Brennan looked around for a place to sit where she could see any additional people entering the area.

Booth in the meanwhile was finally able to get the elderly woman out of the plane and onto the left wing. Booth saw that there were already several boats surrounding the plane. As one of the boats moved closer, he could see that most of the planes passengers had already been rescued. He also saw the divers enter the plane to look for anyone left behind. As soon as he was on the deck of the boat, he pulled out his cell phone to call Bones to make sure that she was sicuro, cassetta di sicurezza but he saw that the phone was dead from getting wet. The barca that he was on was now headed for the New Jersey side of the river. After the barca docked the survivors were taken to a make shift area for treatment. As they entered the area they were informed that as soon as possible they would be taken over to New York where the main rescue center was being set up. It was necessary to wait here because it was important account for all of the passengers on the airplane.

At the Jeffersonian, Angela was listening to her preferito Musica station on the radio when there was an important news interruption. They announced that a commuter plane has just crashed into the Hudson River in New York. Angela quickly thought of Booth and Brennan but she hoped it was not their plane. She opened up her computer to the news station and listened as they told about flight 1549 from New York to Washington DC has just crashed into the river. It was detto that the plane had engine failure on take off and had crashed into the river. At this time there are no più details available. Angela quickly ran to Cam’s office and told her the news. Cam turned on the Televisione in her office and saw the news bulletin about the crash. They both just stared at the screen not believing that the plane that Booth and Brennan were on just crashed.

Angela was starting to cry and Cam also could not keep it together, when Hodgins entered. He asked what is wrong. Angela could not bring herself to say anything, but Cam was able to let him know about the accident. Hodgins could not believe what he had just heard and asked. “Are te sure it was their plane?” Cam quickly shut her office door as she did not want to answer any più domande right now.

Bones had been sitting for over an ora now and there was still no sign of Booth yet. She then thought about her cell phone which she had put into an evidence bag to keep dry. Maybe Booth had tried to call me and I did not hear it in all of the noise and activity. She quickly got out the phone and saw that there was a message from Booth. She quickly opened the text and read the message. After Leggere it twice she noted the time it was sent. He had sent her this message as the plane was going down and there were no other messages o calls missed since then. She then tried to call him but she only reached his voice mail. She knew she should call Cam and Angela but what if Booth was trying to call she did not want to miss it. So she waited.

Booth had looked around for Bones in the group of people with him but he was told this was not everyone and that there was another group over in New York. He wanted to go over there right away and make sure that she was all right but he knew they needed to make an accurate account of all passengers. Booth was sitting on a bench, leaning forward, head down with his hands clasped as if in prayer. He was hunched over thinking about Bones and wondering if she was sicuro, cassetta di sicurezza and wanting to be with her now.

Hodgins had called Sweets in his office and told him what happened and asked him to come to Cam’s office. He also called Wendell and told him about Booth and Brennan. He detto that everyone is in Cam’s office watching the news bulletins. Cam thought about Max, Brennan’s father, he was with a bunch of children right now giving them a tour of the Jeffersonian, he also should be here in the office.

Bones had been sitting for some time now and still no Booth. She was getting più anxious as the minuti dragged da into hours. She kept looking and rereading the last message from Booth. She wanted so much to be with him now. She was Lost in her thoughts and she did not notice someone sitting down successivo to her. The man startled her from her thoughts when he asked. “Is there anything I can do for you?”

Brennan looked at the man and saw that he was wearing a clerical collare of a catholic priest. She answered. “No, I’m just waiting and watching for my partner who was on the plane with me.”

“So your partner is not amongst this group of survivors?” He asked.
“No I have not seen him yet.” Brennan responded.
“Perhaps it would help if we detto a little prayer for his safety.”
Brennan did not feel like discussing her visualizzazioni on religion o prayer. She was just worried about Booth. So she responded. “I’m sorry; I am not very good with prayer.”
The priest answered back. “Well I’m usually pretty good with it. Why don’t te just let me say a quick prayer and te think about your partner being sicuro, cassetta di sicurezza and sound?”
The priest then put his hand over hers and with closed eyes made a silent prayer. He then detto to Brennan. “If te need anything, I will be here to help. My name is Father Murphy. Please take this and think of your partner’s safety.” He then handed her a St. Christopher medal. Brennan looked at it and thought of Booth. She closed her hand tightly around it.

da now all of the news stations had descended on the area and were filming everyone in the area. Brennan kept quietly away from them. It now has been over four hours since the crash and she was exhausted with worry. One of the camera crews started to walk in Brennan’s direction, but Father Murphy stopped them da explaining that this passenger is waiting for news of another person on board the plane and now would not be a good time to talk with her. The camera crew agreed but they did take some film of her because it was a good human interest story.

In Cam’s office everyone was gathered around the large computer monitor watching every bit of information about the plane crash. Angela had put on all of the Televisione stations on the screen. When they first showed the pictures of the plane going into the river, everyone was quiet. Then the pictures of the passengers getting out of the plane and standing on the wings made them all breathe a sigh of relief. They now had hope that Booth and Brennan were alive.

Now the stations were mostrare some of the survivors and Angela was scanning all of the immagini trying to identify Booth and Brennan. Finally on two of the immagini they saw Brennan sitting in the corner of the room. Angela magnified the pictures and everyone started talking at once.
Angela started da saying. “I pulled up the picture of Brennan.”
“That’s great Angela. Can te see Booth? He should be there.” Cam said.
“No not yet.”
“Wait a minuto Tempe looks worried.” Max said.
Just then another station was mostrare a picture of Brennan and the announcer was saying that this passenger is waiting for news of another person who was on board and who was not with this group of survivors.
Everyone in the room became very quiet. They all knew now that Booth was not there and they could see with these new pictures how distraught Brennan looked. They could only watch and wait.

Booth had finally heard that they were all being moved to the New York rescue center. He could only hope that Bones was there. The bus ride over the river and to the center seemed so slow, but da now it has been almost six hours since the plane crash. As the buses entered the area they were surrounded da camera crews. Booth held back because he had only one objective right now and that was to find Bones. If anyone tried to stop him, he probably would hit them. He let the first people to exit the buses get swarmed da the reporters which allowed him to avoid the news media.

Brennan looked up when she heard that più survivors had arrived. She was looking but had not seen Booth yet. The news crew which had shown her picture and story of waiting earlier picked up on her looking through this new group coming into the room. They wanted to capture the reunion.

As he entered the center, Booth scanned the room looking for Bones. The minuto he saw her he could not get to her fast enough. In the instant Bones saw Booth her face lit up the room and she rushed to him. The moment they reached each other, they flung their arms around each other and held each other so tight it was amazing that either one of them could get a breath. Booth finally took Bones face with both of his hands and held it to look at. “Bones you’re all right. te did not get hurt.”

“Booth I was so worried. I tried to call te but all I got was your answering machine.”
“Bones my phone got wet.”
“So te did not get my last message before the crash?”
“No Bones what was it?”
“Booth before I tell you. I have to let te know that I would rather die in coach with te than to live in first class without you.”
“Bones what are te trying to say?”
“Booth my message was the same as yours and my answer is yes, yes, yes.”
Booth looked deeply into her eyes as he pulled her closer and as their lips touched he could taste the salt from the tears of joy coming down her cheeks. Neither one of them was aware of the camera crew recording their kiss. As they finally parted, they were approached da Father Murphy who introduced himself and stated. “I see our prayers have been answered.”
Booth looked at the priest and answered “Yes they have, Father.” Then Booth realized that the priest was talking to Bones. “Bones te prayed?”
“No I just thought of your safety, Father Murphy prayed and he gave me this.” Bones opened her hand to mostra Booth the medal.
Booth then said. “Thank you, Father.”
As the priest walked away, Booth smiled at Bones and kissed her even più ardently.
Angela, Cam and Sweets still were keeping their eyes on the screen watching for Booth. Max was happy that Tempe was sicuro, cassetta di sicurezza but was worried if anything should happen to Booth, she would retreat into herself. Hodgins and Wendell were talking when Cam called them over to look at the screen. As they watched, everyone began to smile and finally Angela said. “Well they can’t deny they don’t Amore each other now because I am going to make an enlarged portrait of this picture.” Cam could not help but say. “I think they may stay in New York overnight.” Everyone in the room smiled at that idea.

The news was mostrare Brennan and Booth hugging each other. The announcer was telling the story of Brennan looking for another passenger and that it looks like she has found him. The camera continued to mostra them hugging, then talking and finally kissing. Then they saw the face of the reporter who was saying that this is a story of two people obviously in Amore separated da a plane crash and finally reunited. We are going to ask them how it feels to be together again. The reporter then turned toward Booth and Brennan who were shown to be still kissing. The reporter then turned back to the camera and quipped. “I think this picture says it all.” The camera then zooms in on Booth and Brennan passionately kissing.