Training and Workforce
Beyond the Clouds, Rising above Danger
Volunteer pilots are flying human trafficking survivors to new lives through Freedom Aviation Network, where altitude becomes the first step toward freedom
Human trafficking
Freedom Aviation Network mobilizes volunteer aircraft and their pilots to fly survivors of human trafficking to safety. © Stephanie Lamar

Above the clouds in a small aircraft and not long into her flight, a young woman who wouldn’t look her pilot in the eye five minutes earlier began repeating a question: “When are we going to descend?” Stephanie Lamar showed her the map for the fifth time. They still had an hour to go. Finally, Lamar asked the young woman why she kept asking.

“I want to go through a cloud,” the woman said.

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