American Airlines Pilot Sten Molin's Assault Victims Are Legends
Plus: Did I Make my Stalker Disappear with an Airline NDA?
*Edit 11/13/24: For those new to this story, you’ll see why I believe and support American Airlines Flight 587 pilot Sten Molin’s living victims in The Landing’s YouTube documentary here. (P.S.: AA587’s crash was due to pilot error. Two other factors contributed. But only he panicked and, with the powerful stimulants ephedrine and pseudoephedrine coursing through him, yanked the controls aggressively over and over in response to standard, unremarkable wake turbulence. No commercial pilot I’ve ever spoken to will admit to ever doing that. There’s a reason countless pilots flew the same aircraft with the same training and didn’t crash a plane).
*Edit 5/1/23: I now know there are even more of you still out there. For Sten Molin victims who haven’t signed NDAs, if you were assaulted in New York and were 18 or over at the time, please please get a good lawyer. Comment or email me directly if you have any questions at all.
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On this #DenimDay, a time during Sexual Assault Awareness month meant to remind everyone it’s not what you wear that causes sexual assault but the assailant alone who bears the blame, I want to give a glacier-sized thank you to the women* who continue to reach out, speak out, sue, fight back,** and trust me with their vitally important stories.
The courage it takes to put words to their trauma and speak them to one stranger, let alone release them to the world, is not something you can truly understand until you do it.
Erica’s story is reaching thousands of people. The article hit 1,000 readers in a couple of hours, faster than any story ever on The Landing. I don’t give a flying F about visits and views—except when big numbers mean other silent, suffering victims might find inspiration, courage and company here.
Below: a handy reminder that monsters don't usually present as snarling, hideous creatures. If they did, it'd be much harder to get close to their victims:
Which Brings me to Serial Rapist Sten Molin’s Victims***
I believe we all owe a debt of gratitude to the women who came forward. Dozens of women, some of whom were underage girls when Sten Molin assaulted and/or raped them, flooded corners of the internet last year to share their harrowing experiences with the late American Airlines first officer, who was at the controls when AA Flight 587 tragically crashed into Queens on takeoff in 2001 and took the lives of 265 people. I believe their voices are going to be the impetus for broader change in the industry.
I truly believe that.