Omaha World Herald wrote:
Navy's Osborn says family plans move to Nebraska
LINCOLN (AP) - Navy pilot Shane Osborn, who guided a crippled surveillance plane and a crew of 24 to a safe landing on Chinese soil in 2001, said he plans to move back to Nebraska this spring.
The Norfolk High School graduate, who was born in Mitchell, S.D., said he and his family will probably make their home in Omaha or Lincoln.
On April 1, 2001, Osborn's Navy plane was over the South China Sea when a Chinese fighter plane got too close and the two aircraft collided.
Osborn regained control and landed the airplane. None of the crew was hurt. But the crew was taken prisoner for 11 days before being released.
Osborn, 30, said he is interested in public service, but he cannot talk about politics while he is in the Navy.
"Public service is near and dear to me," Osborn told the Lincoln Journal Star. "But my first priority is to find my next career."
Osborn, a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, said he is excited about returning to Nebraska.
"My wife, Teri, and I look forward to raising our family in Nebraska," Osborn said. The Osborns have a 7-year-old son and a daughter who was born in June.
Osborn has been in the Navy nine years.
"I've loved serving my country," he said.
Osborn said he will undergo surgery next week to repair injuries to his left shoulder suffered when he wrestled with the surveillance plane three years ago. Osborn is stationed at the Naval Discharge Review Board in Washington, D.C.