so they prayed, and then safely landed next to a "Jesus" sign.


tr00 story:

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"WELLINGTON, New Zealand — It seemed like an almost literal answer to their prayers. When two New Zealand pilots ran out of fuel in a microlight airplane they offered prayers and were able to make an emergency landing in a field - coming to rest right next to a sign reading, "Jesus is Lord." Grant Stubbs and Owen Wilson, both from the town of Blenheim on the country's South Island, were flying up the sloping valley of Pelorus Sound when the engine spluttered, coughed and died. "My friend and I are both Christians so our immediate reaction in a life-threatening situation was to ask for God's help," Stubbs told The Associated Press on Wednesday. He said he prayed during the ill-fated flight Sunday that the tiny craft would get over the top of a ridge and that they would find a landing site that was not too steep - or in the nearby sea. Wilson said that the pair would have been in deep trouble if the fuel had run out five minutes earlier. "If it had to run out, that was the place to be," he said. "There was an instantaneous answer to prayer as we crossed the ridge and there was an airfield - I didn't know it existed till then." After Wilson glided the powerless craft to a landing on the grassy strip, the pair noticed they were beside a 20-foot-tall sign that read, "Jesus is Lord - The Bible." "When we saw that, we started laughing," Stubbs said. Nearby residents provided them with gas to fly the home-built plane back to base."

But not that Owen Wilson.

5/22/2008 7:55:09 AM

this was going to bring me to god, but now that it's just some chump owen wilson from new zealand, it's just another odd story.

5/22/2008 7:56:58 AM

You'll always have the lord by your side.



I was so pleased to be informed of this that I ran 20 red lights in his honor.



Thank you Jesus, thank you lord.

5/22/2008 7:57:50 AM

That Hansel, he's so hot right now

5/22/2008 8:36:18 AM

you know, small light planes can glide and land safely a short ways since they tend to have large wingspans for their weight. also it could have been a little bit of water or a bubble in their fuel. but nah, lets blame jesus

5/22/2008 8:59:49 AM

5/22/2008 9:05:14 AM