board. >> just as we were about to have breakfast, the captain turned on the seat belt sign warning us that it was going to be a little bumpy for the next few minutes. then it got a little bumpier. he said he was going to ask the cabin crew to suspend breakfast service. the captain comes on a few minutes later and sort of barks at the cabin crew, flight attendants, please take your seats. i remember thinking that's kind of weird. that's a bit of a harsh tone coming from the cockpit. then suddenly it felt like we were in an elevator and somebody had cut the cable. the plane suddenly dropped this 50 or 100 feet and everything violently rocketed off all the tray tables into the ceiling. you literally felt your stomach go up through your throat. it happened so quickly, and the aircraft recovered so quickly, that there really wasn't any time to feel anything other than what just happened? when you look at the picture of the cabin crew sitting in their seats, that picture was taken probably 15 to 20 seconds after