On September 5, 1986, Pan Am Flight 73 was hijacked by four Palestinian terrorists in Karachi, Pakistan. Passengers faced unimaginable terror as the hijackers threatened their lives. Seventeen hours into the standoff, Neerja Bhanot, the brave flight attendant, chose to save everyone else first. She opened an emergency exit and guided passengers to safety, despite knowing the risks. Tragically, Neerja was shot and killed while helping others escape. Her courage saved countless lives, and she was

On Sept 5th 1986, Pan Am Flight 73 landed in Karachi, Pakistan. Four men wearing Karachi airport security guard uniforms and armed with rifles, pistols, grenades and explosive belts, drove a van painted to look like an airport security vehicle to the base of the boarding stairs and forced their way onto the plane, taking 379 hostages. The Abu Nidal Organization terrorists planned to force the plane to fly to Cyprus where they would exchange passengers for Palestinian militants. The flight attend

Hijacked Plane Returned to Tropic Air Thursday’s terrifying hijacking concluded when the plane finally landed at the Philip Goldson International Airport after spending two hours in the air. Upon landing, chaos erupted on the runway as medical personnel and police rushed to the aircraft. Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams, explains how the team was able to handle the situation without disrupting the scheduled traffic at the airport. | News 5 Live

The Christmas Eve Nightmare: Flight IC 814 #IC814 #KandaharHijack 40 minutes after takeoff, five masked men hijacked Flight IC 814 with 176 people on board. The plane was forced to fly to Amritsar, Lahore, Dubai, and finally landed in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The standoff lasted 7 days and changed India's history forever. | Big Bang Bogan

Joseph D’Aleo, an NYC Department of Sanitation supervisor, witnessed hijacked Flight 11 strike the North Tower and immediately evacuated DSNY personnel from lower Manhattan. He returned to distribute dust masks to first responders and subsequently oversaw refuse hauling and recycling at Ground Zero daily for a year. In 2002, D’Aleo developed a persistent cough, later diagnosed as sarcoidosis, an incurable inflammatory disease. His health issues, related to his work at Ground Zero, have intensifi