This is spooky.
I commute by bus/rail to work everyday and in order to spend the least amount of time travelling, everything has to go just right. I HAVE to be at the bus-stop by 8.29 so that I can catch the (hopefully on-time bus) and so on.
Needless to add, I've run 2-3 blocks after the bus a more than a few times to flag it down.
Just last night I had a dream about the same thing happening on a runway. The 757 was soooooo close. I distinctly remember that the passengers at the windows deliberately ignored my frantic hand-waving, and I kept thinking that I have to get abreast of the cockpit and catch the pilot's attention!
Anyway, I didnt make the flight
Edited to add: Surprising that I noticed it was a 757, but for the love of god I can't remember what airline!