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Pilots, tammie jo shults, brought the plane down safely. she was a navy fighter pilot before. and so many were moved by these images. the pilot immediately going back into the cabin when they landed, hugging the passengers. martha raddatz tonight on the pilot, and how passengers are now describing her. reporter: as one of the first women to fly navy fighter jets, tammie jo shults had exactly the kind of training for just this kind of emergency. unflappable and deliberate, guiding her crippled jet in for a landing. yes, sir. we re single engine descending, have a fire. reporter: once safely on the ground, she s seen here, hugging passengers after the flight. she s phenomenal. she s amazing. reporter: the training shults got back in the navy was not always easy. shults trained in the f-18 at a time when female pilots were not allowed to fly with combat units, and some male aviators ....
And today we honor 131 who made that ultimate sacrifice. officer kevin gordon was a member of the police department of griffin georgia. husband to tammie father to seven children army veteran. his daughter debra say ss we were his platoon. and kevin deployed his own training to raise his young platoon, leading them in cadences. how motivated are you? [ inaudible ] they were motivated. highly motivated. [ applause ] he drilled them with the basics to study hard and to push yourself and to take care of each other. ....
And everywhere he went he made friends. and in tammie s words, he never met a stranger. to help make ends meet, kevin took a night job as a security guard at a waffle house. one night customers got rowdy and as kevin was placing one of the trouble makers under arrest, he was shot and killed. he was just 43 years old. one week later, kevin s son graduated from griffin high. and there to cheer him on were over 100 of kevin s fellow officers. and today he s in the army training to be an m.p. and wants to be in law enforcement just like his dad. senior deputy jessica hollis started out as an emt in san antonio, texas. she and her husband ricky applied to the austin police academy together were accepted together, graduated together. ....
Michigan think, we re not legally enforcing this. okay, good. most of our hate mail seems to be coming from michigan. i don t understand that. sheriff, your wife is tammie. chief, your wife is jessica. you both have valentine s day covered? you have gifts? i may have written a proclamation, but i m not stupid enough to go by it. valentine s day is covered at my house. covered. good to hear. nice to have both of you. i hope you have a safe valentine s day for the area. thank you for having such a good sense of humor. thank you for having us. thank you so much. what do you think about that? are you going to use that in your home? honey, i have until the 18th. a would-be jewel thief is caught trying to pull off a smash and grab. things don t go quite as planned. ....
Plus has a fast-acting antihistamine. oh what a relief it is! but it sure feels that way. because with power ports. and wi-fi. and in-seat entertainment, for everyone on board, now when you fly, time flies too. (flight attendant) sir, we re about to land. (vo) we re adding a brand new plane, with all this, every week. it s just one way we re building the new american. i got something wrong on the show this week. turns out it is kind of amazing. remember jim and tammie faye bakker, famous televangelists, got rich preaching on television and telling people to send them money. one thing they did with all the money they made was they fit a theme park, heritage usa which does not exist anymore. ....