It seems that nearly everyone in Boerne[,Texas,] has a Tammie Jo story, and taken together, they paint a picture of a woman almost too impossibly caring, too impossibly devoted to her community. But, they say, that’s why she was a role model long before she landed that damaged jetliner.
Longtime friend and fellow church member Staci Thompson said a deep Christian faith has guided the way Shults lives.
Shults has taught nearly every grade level of Sunday school at their church. She’s volunteered at a school for at-risk kids and turned a cottage on her family’s property into a temporary home for victims of Hurricane Rita and widows.
“She would tell you everything she has she’s been given from God, so she wants to share it,” Thompson said.
After landing troubled Southwest plane, pilot Tammie Jo Shults hugged passengers, texted 'God is good' https://t.co/i0U4FOBwcy #religion #faith #work #usa
— Kendall Harmon (@KendallHarmon6) April 19, 2018