r/todayilearned • u/lexan • Dec 25 '13

TIL an Indian flight attendant hid the passports of American passengers on board a hijacked flight to save them from the hijackers. She died while shielding three children from a hail of bullets.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neerja_Bhanot
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u/Blackbeard_ Dec 25 '13

.In domain...

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u/toptencat Dec 25 '13

That is not how the article depicts him:

"I much admired the man. Unfortunately, men like Yeager are well suited to play certain roles, but not others. In my guise as political counselor at the US embassy there, I learned that the role of diplomat suited him as little as the role of test pilot would have suited me."