“She Slept Peacefully — Until the Captain Screamed: ‘Any Fighter Pilots on Board?!’”

be willing to fly to Washington for a meeting about what happened.

She almost said no.

But 2 things stopped her.

The first was the look on the faces of the people who had survived because she happened to be there. Not gratitude for heroism exactly, but the bewildered realization that competence, preparation, and calm had mattered more than luck.

The 2nd continue reading …