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The hijacker went down and shot her again and again and again until she didn't move anymore.

Real people.

I had caught a glimpse of what had just thrown me that far, and it was a great white shark, and I knew that I was in for it.

Who faced death?

Just as I was falling asleep, I felt something jump on me and start choking me, start strangling me.

And live to tell how.

Now, I'm on my back playing dead, even though they know I'm alive.

And I kept thinking to myself, what do I do?

What do I do?

What do I do?

This is I survived.

It's November 1985 in Athens, Greece.

Jackie boards Egypt Air Flight 648 to return to Cairo where she teaches.

I found my seat, which was in the middle of the aircraft, is an aisle seat.

And there was a flight attendant that came toward me, and she poked the man in front, and she said,

is this briefcase yours? And she's pointing to the briefcase that is on the floor,

leaning up against the seat right across the way from me. And the man that was sitting in

the seat right beside me across the aisle,

he yells at her in a voice that's a little bit frightening, a little bit like unnecessary.

And he said to the flight attendant, no, it's not his, leave it alone. And she said, well, whosoever it is, you need to put it in the seat in front

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