CHAPTER TWENTY
QUINCY
A good pilot knew how to fly in difficult situations, weather and terrain.
A top-notch Navy pilot knew how to crash land.
Sometimes, though, especially with helicopters, there was no landing involved with the crash.
This was going to be one of those cases.
It was funny how in an emergency, things became crystal clear. Time slowed. You knew exactly what was important and what you had to do to protect life at all costs.
This was one of those moments.
It wasn’t just my own life on the line here. It wasn’t just my own future.
It was my baby’s. And Kennedy’s.
I had to be smart and stay alive, so the three of us could have that future.
I cut the engine since it was smoking. I had no power, but that didn’t matter because the rotors were still spinning. I pitched t
