I Was Held At Gunpoint By Terrorists | Minutes With | @LADbible

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Very interesting story. I want to mention an important woman in this story, senior flight attendant Neerja Bhanot. She hid American passports on board from the hijacker’s, under seats and down the trash shoot , and managed to deploy an emergency shoot towards the end , managing to save countless lives. She was shielding three American children when she was shot at point blank range and killed at just 22 years old. remember this amazing woman ❤️

The “ffs” comment after they called his name made me laugh and offer to shake the leaders hand, so British

I bet they still made him go into work on Tuesday

Man. His older brother saved his life all those years later.

Salute and prayers to Neerja Bhanot and her flight attendant team

He spoke so calmly about an horrific situation. He wanted to honour his brother by trying to visit his burial site that is full of emotions and ended up a hostage on a airplane. I can’t imagine the extent on the emotional torment going through his mind . He didn’t want to leave his brother behind and in a twist of fate his brother saved his life . ❤

"to cheer myself up I thought, well they were probably going for the Americans" damn 😆

It’s amazing to think, his brother saved his life from beyond the grave.

I wonder what happened to the man who he was sat next to. The one who decided to stay on the plane.

A warrior at heart. Mike telling he chose to shake the hand of someone ready to discard his life and referring to him as a “body”. I got straight chills. 💪🏾❤️‍🩹

I really admire this man. I was held at knifepoint. My first thought was "it's happening to me". Then I asked God for help, even though I hadn't prayed for years. From nowhere came a determination to save myself. I actually managed to convince the man that I wouldn't do anything stupid. Told him my name was Mary, he took the knife from my throat, and led me away. He became careless and I bolted, screaming so loudly that people came running from all sides. I was saved. It was only then that I broke down. Later on, I realised that I could cope well in horrible situations. It is very reassuring. This wonderful man is the one you want to be nearby in desperate situations.

Its crazy how if there was a pilot that his chances of survival would of pretty much been close to 0 but because of that they had to stay on the ground and the way that he was escorted back to his seat after telling the hijacker his story makes me this what if he just did what anyone else would of had done and juat accepted fate or cryed or anything like that but no he has true humanity in him, wanting to shake the mans hand if he was going to be shot so he didnt die with any anger or fear is next level plays and staying calm in a situation like that is mental so respect for this man because he is a real one

It's when he said surely they after Americans is such a English reply

There's good Bollywood movie on this incident Called "Neerja" it's brave story of a Senior flight attendant on the Pan Am 73 plane who helped 300 passenger with her courage like he mentioned.

‘For fucks sake’ brilliant

Thank you mr Thexton.

What An insane experience Im so thankful to God, that he survived. His brother saved him, what a touching story

Inspirational and a great lecturer, learnt a lot from him and still do

Very well spoken man, I admire him