10:38am, sitting in the plane, on the runway at JFK airport with a takeoff time of 10:40, the loud sirens from the Home Front Command app fill the air.

Most normal people would look uneasy. Many would reconsider. Some might even stand up, grab their bags, and step off the plane as the reality sets in about where this flight is headed.

But on this flight, as I looked around, I did not see fear.

I saw resolve.

Resolve in the way people sat in their seats. Resolve in the exchanged unspoken but understood glances. Resolve in the simple, steady knowledge that we were not running from something. We were going toward........

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