Mayday in the Control Tower: The Pilot Who Chose His First Love

Summary

The moment the plane stalled and entered a nosedive, my boyfriend—the captain—instinctively called out to his co-pilot, his "first love":

"If we really end up buried in the same piece of earth, I guess this counts as growing old together, doesn't it?"

Later, their textbook emergency landing became a legendary tale in the aviation world, while I, the air traffic controller who guided them from the tower, voluntarily resigned.

A long time later, we crossed paths again. It was a flight he was commanding. Over the cabin PA, he announced that he had been waiting for someone to come home.