On a Flight, a Woman Shamed a Young Soldier — The Next Day, She Saw His Name in the News and Broke Down

her. But Mrs. Patterson? When you do reach Sergeant Chen, if you do, you need to understand something. What you said to him on that plane? You weren’t the first person to say those things to him. You probably won’t be the last. Survivors of military tragedies often face this exact kind of judgment from people who don’t know better. It’s why so many continue reading …