day. But you don’t have to stop living because he died.”
Those words stayed with Laura.
Months passed.
Sterling was eventually convicted on numerous serious federal charges connected to the sabotage and fraud scheme.
Laura, however, made a different decision about her future.
She did not return to military service.
Instead, she accepted a job teaching the next generation of pilots at a commercial aviation academy.
On her first morning as an instructor, she placed her old fighter-pilot helmet on the desk.
A room full of young student pilots immediately
