“I was using my teacher's pen and it exploded on me — ink was everywhere. I stood up to get a napkin and knocked over my cranberry juice. I was covered in juice and ink.”

— Becca Huerter, student, Lawrence

“I was on a flight and there was turbulence, and after we sat down, a flight attendant opened the overhead baggage compartment, and a suitcase fell down on me and another person. But I got to my destination.”

— Majesta Roach, student, Haskell campus

“I was on a flight from Dallas to Atlanta and the turbulence was bad. It was so scary, rocky and fearful that I introduced myself to the lady beside me so I'd know who I was gonna die with.”

— Leroy Parks, in education, Wichita

“Coming back from California over the summer, there was a kid going crazy for the whole six-hour flight. He was kicking my seat, then banging his head screaming, then laughing, back and forth, the whole flight. The mom just sat there.”

— Jaden Battelle, student, Lawrence

“The last time I flew to Hawaii, I convinced myself that we were all going to die somehow. It was terrible.”

— William Lenz, student, Lawrence