Your story makes it all the sadder that she would say something so heartless.
I am a skeptic by nature but the cop didn’t start out with the story. We only got into it after small talk. We both had long layovers. First of all, he is behind security so he is not cruising airport bars looking for a sap especially since everyone is leaving and heading all over the place.
He was truly heart-broken and ended up close to tears. There would be no reason, that I can come up with, to fake a story like that so I take him at his word. These were the men that reported to him.
He was a strong, confident guy but he had a dark secret and I think he just wanted to let it out. Why not do it with a guy in business attire at an airport bar.