he prayed:

“dear lord, please protect my daughter from any harm. If i could have anything in the world right now, it would be for me to go home and comfort her.
Lord, i will never forget the expression on her face when i left. I wasnt sure i could handle leaving her like that. Please show me somehow that my decision was the right one. Amen.”

With that, he looked up at the stars, as if somehow, if she was looking at them too, it would bring them closer together. He took a deep breath and went to sleep. Little did he know that far across the atlantic ocean…...