ATLANTA – There were times when Kirstie Gentry wasn’t sure she’d pass all the required training and tests to be part of a SWAT team.
During the strenuous weeklong course, she would confide in her best friend, who would push her to stay focused on the goal.
“We would talk, and we would say, ‘Just keep doing it. You signed up for it. You can do it,'” her friend, Summer Vise, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “Even though it was challenging, she still did it.”…