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  • Uli Derickson, 60, Who Helped Airline Hostages, Dies

    02/24/2005 2:57:28 PM PST · by Calpernia · 4 replies · 426+ views
    The New York Times ^ | 02-24-05 11:01 EST | By JENNIFER BAYOT
    (Feb. 24) - 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. She was 60. Courage in a Terrifying Moment Ms. Derickson was still working as a flight attendant for Delta Air Lines when she received a diagnosis of cancer in 2003, her son, Matthew Derickson, said in announcing her death. On June 14, 1985, when a pair of Lebanese gunmen commandeered a T.W.A. flight from Athens to Rome, Ms. Derickson took the lead in protecting the 152 passengers...