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By William Van Zyl (Published December 2021).

Listen to the podcast of the story and article: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-xgu7v-116beac

The bathtub plane flew like a giant concrete brick, shaking and vibrating violently through the air. Two babies took off from the bathroom floor without wings – the bath flight baffled aeronautical engineers. The structures around them rattled, shook, and then disintegrated. The entire house exploded from the pressure of the tornado. The timber struts, trusses, studs, and bracing collapsed like matchsticks in the powerful force of the storm. Once a beautiful family home, the dislodged timber swirled for a couple of seconds before it was swooped into the air for tens of meters. Only the concrete floor remained. When the bath-plane received enough momentum: it took off with a 3-month and 15-month old baby pilot inside.  It all happened in the middle of the night.

Someone had given them an emergency manual. It was sitting neatly between the two tiny pilots swaddled in blankets and pillows. They were well prepared for their journey. They had no idea when and where they would land. All they had with them was the instruction manual. The shocking thing – only discovered after the miraculous touchdown – was that they could not see properly out of the bath to navigate where they were heading. The two wee aero-pioneers could have possibly communicated using limited baby language.

They took off at a moment’s notice with devastating force. And, then they landed after a very short flight at an arm-breaking speed. Luckily the swaddling and pillows supported their heads and necks as the bath-plane rocketed from the concrete floor of the bathroom up into the air.

The grandmother, at ground control, was shouting instructions. They could not have used the instruction manual because their arms were tucked in. The manual probably weighted the pillows and blankets down in the bathtub.

After the short flight, the bathtub came to an abrupt stop. Not touching down at a low angle, but dropping out of the sky. There was no fixed-wing to assist them to glide to safety. The two sheriff’s deputies and two community members searched for the plane after the hurricane subsided. When the four people found the ‘pilots’ unharmed they were stunned. Miraculously the two pilots have plunged safely to the ground from the debris-filled sky. They found the two babies under the bathtub, which was upside down in the yard. They were reportedly not even wet from the driving rain. The two brave and courageous ‘air-scouts’ had probably seen the family home flying around them in the dark, gloomy tornado-sky. The nana reported that one of the babies had a ‘goose egg’ on his head. The two rescue workers were surprised to find a black book in the bath. After opening the manual, they asked several questions.

“From which airport did the baby pilots take off? “

“Where were the pilots heading?

As the rescuers paged through the manual, they found some maps at the back of the book.

“Are these two from Israel”

‘Must be, the maps show details around Israel.”

Could they be from Israel? All the maps in the manual – at the back of the book – were of Israel. The rescuers were mystified.

I have included this section on Israel to add some humour to the story – it is not true. However, most Bibles have maps of Israel at the back or in the front.

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When the rescuers handed the two brave pilots to their nana – Clara Lutz – she was overjoyed.

“When the hurricane struck, I held onto the bath; however, the force of the winds was so powerful it ripped the bath out of the floor and launched it into the night sky. I believed that the blanket, pillow and the big Black Book would keep them safe,” said Lutz.

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I have written this introduction to this story from my perspective. It is my interpretation of the true story that occurred days ago. The stunning true story was published on 17 December.  A Hopkins County (US) woman was looking after her two infant grandchildren that Friday night.

“I was looking everywhere to see where the tub may be. I had no clue at all where these babies were. All I could say was, ‘Lord, please bring my babies back to me safely. Please, I beg thee,’” said Lutz.

Lutz’s whole house was stripped down to the foundation. In the chaos, the water tank from the tub hit her in the back of the head. Still, she went outside and searched for anyone who could help.

Two sheriff’s deputies and two community members were out in the wreckage.

They found the overturned bathtub in their search through the debris, with the babies inside. Excellent reporting by News14.

*Credit: https://www.14news.com/2021/12/17/2-babies-survive-after-tornado-carries-them-away-bathtub/

The ‘Bathtub’ Plane Model (1924).

I have found this unrelated bathtub plane to the bathtub miracle. I searched bathtub plane and discovered this cute looking vintage plane See the extravagant bathtub shape of the fuselage. It made me think of the two babies ‘flying’ in the bathtub. What a great looking plane by Michael A. Morrow! I have included this image of the bathtub plane here just for fun. See the lesson learned at the end of this article.

Lesson learned: With God’s instruction manual, you can fly through any storm.

With the Word of God in your mouth – the Manual by your side – and faith in your heart,’ you can fly through any storm. Clara Lutz – filled with faith – believed that God would intervene and protect the babies. He did. When the babies were returned, she gave glory to Jesus.

2. When you pass through the deep, stormy sea, you can count on Me to be there with you. When you pass through raging rivers, You will not drown. When you walk through persecution like fiery flames, you will not be burned; the flames will not harm you. Isaiah 43: 2 TPT  -The Passion Translation.

2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. Isaiah 43: 2 – King James Version.

Read the excellent report by News14 on the two babies surviving the tornado. See the video of News14 on the two babies. See the link below the image.

See the video of the 2 babies found in the middle of the night: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10336251/Moment-searchers-two-babies-bathtub-tornado-ripped-Kentucky-home.html

Copyright © 2021 by William Van Zyl

Bathtub-pilots saved miraculously by instruction manual.  

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Published by Five House Publishing (New Zealand)

First Publishing, 2021

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