How many times do you put something in the basement and completely forget about it?
This January, Harold Ketterer was preparing for a move when he decided it was time to clear out the basement and see what he had forgotten about.
Hidden in a quarter, was a treasure trove of memories.
"I found a box and there were six or eight old video tapes in it. And when I looked at this label, it was blank, so I had no idea what to expect," said Ketterer.
He slid the tape into the VHS player, and saw Bill Williams and the Channel 10 logo staring back.
28 years ago, his daughter, DeAnna Ketterer, graduated from the University of Tennessee's ROTC program with a pilots license. She was one of the first women to do so.
"Flying, it's the best feelings in the world," you hear a young Ketterer say in the cockpit of the 1990 interview.
Harold thought, this would be a perfect opportunity to let us at Channel 10 know what he had found.
"All her friends said, 'we need a follow up story on that,'" he laughed.
Turns out, there's a lot to follow up on.
DeAnna Ketterer, or should I say, Colonel DeAnna Ketterer, works at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois, as the reserve advisor to the 18th Air Force commander, a three-star general.
"Well I didn't remember how much of an accent I had until I watched the video," Colonel Ketterer said over a Skype interview with Channel 10.
The Colonel has come a long way since that accent, flying all kinds of aircrafts, working missions in five continents, even piloting high ranking officials in the United States Government, all while blazing a trail for women just like her.
"That's the way I was raised," said Ketterer. "It wasn't 'you can't do that,' it was 'why not?' It's what you love to do."
I never thought of it as being the first, although it is a pretty big deal," said Harold Ketterer, sitting in the family's Oak Ridge home.
28 years later, Harold is quick to show how proud he is of DeAnna, from a cheerleader at Oak Ridge, to serving her country in the air.
"She's just experienced so many things, so I'm very proud of her," said Ketterer.
"Whether I make a difference today, or down the road, I'm always happy to do that because people have made a difference in my life," said Colonel Ketter.
A woman born in Alabama, raised in East Tennessee, still flying over any obstacle in her path.