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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 ❤️

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

Salute and prayers to Neerja Bhanot and her flight attendant team

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

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 😆

I bet they still made him go into work on Tuesday

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.

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. 💪🏾❤️‍🩹

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.

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

Very well spoken man, I admire him

Thank you mr Thexton.

‘For fucks sake’ brilliant

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

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

Amazing man & story.

His attitude is incredibly admirable. Wanting to shake the hijackers hand so he wouldn't die afraid and not giving the killer credit for sparing his life. Remarkable insight. Such a horrific thing to survive & 1st thing the hijacker says is "hello my friend" 😕

She is a sterling example of why there is no excuse for people who have bad childhoods to go " bad". If she can remain a good person, that is elegant and kind and together and caring, clean and wholesome, everyone can.

Lil Spoiler in here * The full circle moment was so nice Seeing as I also imagine the hijacker waving whatever he was saying away not expecting it to actually stay on his mind in the midst of all that Now I see why someone commented that this is actually a great movie plot or viewpoint. R.I.P to his brother and all those who lost their lives on the plane. This is one blessed man surrounded by grace.

22:50... This part I can really relate to. As per trauma that this poor man went through my experience does not compare but an express kidnapping (that came very close to going very very badly) many years ago, telling it is as a story that happened to someone else is how I dealt with it for many years and still do to this day. I really hit home, that it happened to me when I had to report it for insurance purposes and the woman from the insurance company in the UK was just flabbergasted...

Amazing

His brothers death saved his life, and his concern about his parents, it wasn’t about him!

Very interesting. Himilayas are the highest mountains in the world. Every climber is effected by some ailment. That definitely is an issue because of the high altitude. Edema is the swelling of the lungs and or the brain which can occur at those high altitudes.

Who hijacks a plane when it’s still on the ground 🤷‍♂️

Awful experience but such a brave individual. Makings of a great film to be fair.

my last words for fucks sake has me dying 🤣

To be honest, it's probably among the worst possible outcomes.

Need 2 interview the Brit who took a pic with the hijacker😂

Probably one of the worst things that can happen tbh.

Imagine getting your death sentence reduced after terroristically murdering 20 people Wtf

those people were so based. RIP mercinaries

Imagine planning all this out with your hijacking buddies for months and as soon as you start the plan the pilots bail out. Well dang. Haha

Michael was also featured in the movie Neerja but was unknown if his name was used...

I'm the same I always tell people how' I dodged a ufo that maybe could have killed me or made me dissappear

The man is lucky to be alive. Left his life in the hands of the terrorists. Also, how did they have his passport? Doesn’t make any sense

He suddenly became human in the kidnapper/ murderers eyes, maybe his own parents had lost children maybe he knew his death would effect his own parents, who knows. It could have gone the other way, he was very very lucky.

That was quite the story. Even a terrorist killing people in a hijacking had a moment of empathy.

“surely they’ll be after Americans”???!! Seriously?😔😢

Wow

What a story that's so awful.

How did he not get injured jumping off the plane wing?

Yeah I call bs

Seventh......so wtf...!!??

Second

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Mentz

First

MORE SNACK WARS! Get emma mayers shes in england

get some lessons on how to interview...please

It's mad how we go from real men like this, being so calm and brave in such a hostile environment and end up telling the story without battering an eyelid, to men nowadays that find it unbearable to live in a world where they cry and moan about being called the wrong pronoun or gender. I'm convinced this is the last generation where things make sense. It's all downhill from here.

I wonder who decides just how dumb the dumbing-down explanations have to be "Karachi and Islamabad - cities in Pakistan"...."but wait, maybe we should explain what Pakistan is too?"

"What emotion does it evoke in you". I found it disconcerting this person has no emotion when telling the story. I struggle to feel any empathy or understanding with such an Oxford flat dialect. It lacks any humanity in my opinion.

He felt better because he figured they were looking for Americans. Special relationship indeed. I’m glad he was rewarded for his arrogance with a good scare.