Crew member Betty Ong, a flight attendant on American Airlines Flight 11 from Boston Logan (BOS) bound for LAX. Not long after take-off, terrorists stabbed the purser and a first-class flight attendant and locked themselves in the cockpit. Amid the terror of the flight, Ong found a crew phone and called her airline colleagues. For over 20 minutes, she gave a detailed account and description of the hijackers, even identifying their seat numbers. This information would help the FBI quickly get their passport data and learn their identities. Watching as the plane turned and flew over Manhattan Ong's last words were reportedly "Pray for us. Pray for us."
May her family have continued peace as the years continue to click by....
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