When adrenaline drain intersects with emotion.
Some days, more than others, my work day ends ( although in the news business it never really does ) with an adrenaline drain intersecting strong emotions. Today was one of those days. The strong emotion was in response to watching the departure from Cold Lake Alberta this aft of our 6 F-18’s that screamed off the runway into the massive prairie sky headed for Kuwait. The precision fly past in formation was a departing salute and pledge of allegiance to a Country divided over, but slightly in favour of joining the coalition airstrike against ISIS.
As I write this, the Jets are out over the Atlantic likely re-fuelling in the dark by deftly nosing up to the rear of a flying tanker that releases a cupped hose into the air while flying at speeds as high as 700mph. The Jets move into position one by one behind the tanker and like bees using their stinger to pollinate a flower, thread their own gas hose through the needle of the dangling mother load.
I watched the planes take off while watching the RCMP news brief that the Canadian terror index has been raised as a result of the soldier killed in Quebec by the recently radicalized Martin Rouleau who federal officials now say was known to federal authorities after a relative alerted police to his terrorist leanings. I’m not pro war but I am pro military as a result of time I spent covering Gulf War One in the Middle East back in 1991. I wish our pilots godspeed as they soar across the Atlantic tonight.
The Military news at the end of this day intersects with the adrenaline drain from quizzing John Tory this morning as he picks up another newspaper endorsement ( Torstar ) with 6 days to go in the election campaign.
Just another day in the life of …. but it was one of those days.