So you think you have problems and decide to run away to a caribbean vacation hoping that all your troubles will go away. Well, that is a good strategy except you will eventually have to return to reality and confront your fears about your situation.
But you could devise a plot to fake your death so interested parties will write you off as dead, when in fact, you escaped with your problems intact.
Take the case of the money manager who ran afoul of insurance regulators in Indiana. It seems he was up to his neck in legal troubles, when he decided to fake his death.
His scheme is a lot clever and had duped police into believing he was in a canoe accident. They took him to a Florida motel and he made good his plan to carry out the second phase of his Caribbean getaway.
Marcus Schrenker did not have a chance to pack a suitcase and take toiletries, warm clothing for the tropical evening. Instead he took with him all his energy and despair by navigating through a wooded area on a motorcycle he had earlier stowed for his quick run from his tormentors.
While he was in the air, he radioed the control tower stating his windshield had imploded and his face was bloodied. This got the attention of the Air force who scrambled a couple of jets to escort the shrewd con man and his plane to safety. When they got to the plane, they noticed the pilot’s door was opened and no one was in the cockpit. By this time Schrenker had apparently parachuted out of the plane to safety before being picked up by police at a convenience store.
This is a remarkable story when you think about the economic downturn and the recent suicide of the German billionaire who couldn’t afford a Caribbean cruise after his financial empire came crashing down.
You must also be familiar with the case of Bernie Madoff, the alleged swindler, aka, money manager to the stars and very wealthy people.
The cycle of economic despair is really taking its toll on some of those highflyers who jet around on luxury vacations to the sunny islands in the winter. It is a shame because these guys don’t understand that amassing great wealth is not a substitute for happiness or contentment.
Perhaps they need to pay attention to the people who serve them in these holiday resorts. They would see that even though their monthly wages are much less than these guys spend on breakfast at the resorts, these workers are grateful for having a job.
And if they lose their jobs tomorrow, they will still be grateful for the opportunity to live a happy life with their family and friends. They don’t expect much and live most of their lives trying to make financial ends meet.
You can read the full story about 38 year-old Marcus Schrenker here, and his adventure in the air while flying a Piper PA-46 Turbo Prop.
I wonder what he was thinking while he was making his getaway.
