Quote Of The Week From Mrs. Hayden

“The woman sitting in front of us was very upset and asked me how I could just sit there reading,” Katie Hayden said. “Bob’s been shot at. He’s been stabbed. He’s taken knives away. He knows how to handle those situations. I figured he would go up there and step on somebody’s neck, and that would be the end of it. I knew how that situation would end. I didn’t know how the book would end.”

From Blackfive, here’s some background:

Shortly before landing, Bob Hayden and a flight attendant had agreed on a signal: When she waved the plastic handcuffs, he would discreetly leave his seat and restrain an unruly passenger who had frightened some of the 150 people on board a Minneapolis-to-Boston flight Saturday night with erratic behavior.

Hayden, a 65-year-old former police commander, had enlisted a gray-haired gentleman sitting next to him to assist. The man turned out to be a former US Marine.

“I had looked around the plane for help, and all the younger guys had averted their eyes. [Emphasis mine- admin] When I asked the guy next to me if he was up to it, all he said was, ‘Retired captain. USMC.’ I said, ‘You’ll do,’ “Hayden recalled…

Read the whole thing. I love manly men and their calm, knowing wives!

WELCOME: Instapundit readers! While you’re here please look around! Today we’re also talking Illegal Immigration and my comments thread is full of people on both sides managing to actually, calmly discuss the issue with seriousness and civility! I’m so impressed, because I didn’t think it was possible! We’re also looking at what it means to be really “present” to another person and I’m recalling Abe Lincoln’s wise words on problems and solutions and enthrallment. Happy reading!