Chapter 46

• Once Mateo confirms the injured pilot is indeed Dash, there’s no stopping Poppy. I do some quick thinking and call one of my contacts, who tells me which hospital the ambulance will head to once the plane lands.
• I manage to convince Poppy to head there rather than put up with the police and TV crews descending on the airport. Within about twenty minutes, she and I are standing at the entrance to the emergency room, waiting for Dash to arrive, watching passenger accounts of the event on our phones.
• The man was drunk, out of control, and abusive. There were no air marshals on the plane. The flight attendants were overwhelmed, and a few passengers intervened. Dash exited the cockpit and ultimately restrained the man, though, in the process, he pulled a small knife from his pocket and stabbed Dash in the neck. It’s unknown how the knife got through security. Dash’s status is also unknown. There’s a lot that’s unknown. But everyone’s saying Dash is a hero.