Air Force Pilot Veteran Suffers Panic Attack at 30,000 Feet—Her Support Dog Alerts Flight Crew

Описание: When former Air Force Captain Lisa Thompson encountered severe turbulence during Flight 447 from Denver to Atlanta, the aircraft's sudden drop and climb to 35,000 feet triggered a catastrophic panic attack that transported her mind back to the cockpit of her F-16 where engine failure and enemy missiles had forced her to eject at 28,000 feet over Syria. Lisa had been medically retired due to severe aviophobia following her ejection incident, and this was her first commercial flight in three years as she traveled to her father's funeral. But Nova, her three-year-old Australian Shepherd trained specifically for aviation-related PTSD, spent 45 minutes during the most turbulent conditions the crew had experienced providing crisis intervention, alerting flight attendants, and coordinating care for her veteran at altitude where standard medical resources were limited.
🐕 THE STORY: Lisa's panic attack at 30,000 feet created a scenario where her aviophobia and ejection trauma perfectly replicated the conditions of her most traumatic military experience while trapped in an environment that made ground-based medical help impossible. While Lisa's dissociative state convinced her she was falling through enemy airspace with a failed parachute, Nova was executing specialized protocols that combined PTSD intervention with airline crew communication to ensure her veteran received appropriate psychological care during conditions that could have endangered both her safety and flight operations.
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