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1 posted on 02/24/2005 10:02:44 AM PST by Borges
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2 posted on 02/24/2005 10:05:12 AM PST by Borges
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This woman's story should be a True-Stories movie!..........Starring Beasu Derrick!.......


3 posted on 02/24/2005 10:05:54 AM PST by Red Badger (I call her GODZILLARY because she went to NYC and made her nest there, too.........)
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The most terrifying moment for her, she later told Glamour Magazine, was when the crueler of the two hijackers asked her to marry him.

Stockholm Syndrome?

6 posted on 02/24/2005 10:07:22 AM PST by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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Uli Derickson, the Trans World Airlines flight attendant honored for saving passengers' lives in 1985 by both confronting and mollifying terrorist hijackers, died on Friday at her home in Tucson.

But today is only Thursday.

7 posted on 02/24/2005 10:08:19 AM PST by Cowboy Bob (Fraud is the lifeblood of the Democratic Party)
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I will never forget those ba$tard$ throwing Stetham's body onto the tarmac.

This brave lady deserves our prayers.

9 posted on 02/24/2005 10:08:52 AM PST by OldFriend (America's glory is not dominion, but liberty.)
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I will never forget those ba$tard$ throwing Stetham's body onto the tarmac.

This brave lady deserves our prayers.

10 posted on 02/24/2005 10:08:52 AM PST by OldFriend (America's glory is not dominion, but liberty.)
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19 posted on 02/24/2005 10:19:12 AM PST by nutmeg (democRATs = The Party of NO)
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One of a kind; God Bless her.


26 posted on 02/24/2005 10:35:14 AM PST by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?")
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The New York Times deserves kudos for this obit and "shame on them" for ignoring most American WWII heroes who have died.


29 posted on 02/24/2005 11:12:25 AM PST by aculeus (This is not a tag line.)
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Does anyone know what happend to the hijackers?


30 posted on 02/24/2005 11:16:09 AM PST by ops33 (Retired USAF Senior Master Sergeant)
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Isn't she the one that let them use her credit card to re-fuel the plane?


31 posted on 02/24/2005 11:16:43 AM PST by najida (The older I get, the more I hate gravity.)
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A true heroine.

I hope and believe many of us can thusly rise to the occasion when put to the test such as did Todd Beamer and the rest of his brave group and many others before and after these brave folks.


34 posted on 02/24/2005 1:19:07 PM PST by GatĂșn(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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