Terror on Flight 789 : Page 1
AUTHOR'S NOTE:  "Terror on Flight 789" is a very early, much shorter draft of what would eventually become my book-length memoir, The Accidental Terrorist. If you like what you read here, please consider ordering a copy of the book, which is significantly revised and expanded from this version.

Afterword: And I Seal Up These Records

And I seal up these records, after I have spoken a few words by way of exhortation unto you. —Moroni 10:2 How, I ask, am I to wrap all this up? Good question. I suppose a roll call of the...  read

Chapter 34: The Last Supper

My path over the subsequent year took me from Bonners Ferry to Orofino, Idaho, to Pasco, Washington, and finally to Wenatchee, Washington—the town where I was promoted to zone leader, and where I would eventually die. My release was scheduled...  read

Chapter 33: Moon over Eastport Café

The nice thing about being dumped by the girl back home is that you instantly become a member of a tight, supportive fraternity. I mean, statistically, less than ten percent of the girls who promise to wait for their missionaries...  read

Chapter 32: Dreadful Sorry Berenstein

It started innocently enough. Elder Summers, as zone leader, periodically went on splits with the district leaders he supervised. One day he made plans to split with Elder Berenstein, who was the district leader in Ellensburg, a college town fifty...  read

Chapter 31: A Lad Insane

I spent the bulk of the next forty-eight hours hauling Snow and Hering around so that I could say goodbye to investigators, local members, and fellow missionaries. On Wednesday, Snow dumped Hering off on a split with someone or other,...  read
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