It's hard to imagine losing a loved one, a wife, a husband, a child.

For many, it's their biggest fear.

Amarissa Jones, host of The Vanished.

A podcast that tells the stories of often overlooked and unsolved missing persons cases,

in an effort to uncover the truth.

Follow The Vanished on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.

This story contains adult content and language,

along with references to sexual assault.

Listener discretion is advised.

And then all of a sudden, 14-year-old Jennifer Chapel looks out the window

and she sees a couple of things streaking across the sky.

And then they hear explosions.

And then the plane shudders violently.

The people who are outside looking through the window

realize their fighter planes and they're bombing the airport.

People are screaming and shouting, get out, get out, get out.

I'm Kate Winkler-Dawson, a nonfiction author and journalism professor in Austin, Texas.

I'm also the host of the Historical True Crime podcast,

Tenfold War Wicked, on Exactly Right.

I've traveled around the world interviewing people for the show.

I've interviewed some people in person and some from my home studio over Zoom.

And they are all excellent writers.

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