There was a little girl on that Air India flight. Her father was waiting at the arrival gate with a stuffed bunny and a phone in hand, ready to record her smile when she came running.

Instead, he got a call no one should ever receive.

Somewhere between the sky and the earth, dozens of stories like hers were cut off mid-sentence today.

It’s 2025.

• We have drones that deliver groceries, AI that predicts disease, and aircraft that should be smart enough to alert us before tragedy strikes.
• And yet, here we are — mourning another plane crash like it’s just another breaking news scroll.