If you follow the news, you know that a Southwest Airlines plane made an emergency landing Tuesday after an engine exploded.
Sadly, one passenger was killed and seven others wounded.
But pilot Tammie Jo Shults is being praised for her "nerves of steel" in calmly maneuvering the plane to the ground and avoiding a much worse catastrophe.
News reports also have noted that Shults is a pioneer who was among the U.S. Navy's first female pilots trained to fly fighter aircraft.
So, why does this story merit attention by GetReligion? I'm so glad you asked.
Enter reader David Yoder, who tipped us to be on the lookout for holy ghosts in the coverage of Shults.
"She's a committed Christian," Yoder told us.
That was news to me: I saw no mention of the faith angle in profiles of Shults by CNN, ABC News, the New York Times or The Associated Press.
But as I started Googling, I was pleased to see a number of news organizations did catch this angle.
The Washington Post offered these strong details:
Her mother-in-law also described her as a devout Christian, with a faith she thinks may have contributed to her calm state amid the emergency landing.
“I know God was with her, and I know she was talking to God,” Virginia Shults said.