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Vern Ehman, Disarmed a hijacker
Vern Ehman, Disarmed a hijacker

Vern Ehman, Disarmed a hijacker

Date6/19/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Vern Ehman; Disarmed a hijacker
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0120277F
Stewardess Mary Dohey, of Toronto, still unnerved after hours of terror in the air during which the hijacker of an Air Canada DC-8 held a shotgun to h(...)
Stewardess Mary Dohey, of Toronto, still unnerved after hours of terror in the air during which the hijacker of an Air Canada DC-8 held a shotgun to h(...)
11/14/1971
Lee Matthews of Port Burwell leaves the building where hijackers dumped him after stealing his truck loaded with 317 cases of cigarettes. Matthews was(...)
Lee Matthews of Port Burwell leaves the building where hijackers dumped him after stealing his truck loaded with 317 cases of cigarettes. Matthews was(...)
1/18/1978
Bus driver Joseph Kiomall wears a patch on injured eye after hijackers poured lighter fluid over him and threatened to set him, his bus and passengers(...)
Bus driver Joseph Kiomall wears a patch on injured eye after hijackers poured lighter fluid over him and threatened to set him, his bus and passengers(...)
10/31/1976
Hijacker gives up at Montreal's Dorval Airport yesterday and is escorted from Air Canada Viscount by police
Hijacker gives up at Montreal's Dorval Airport yesterday and is escorted from Air Canada Viscount by police
9/11/1968
Robert Scolnick, of Toronto, passenger on Air Canada's hijacked flight from Calgary, was one of few aboard who saw hijacker. He says he looked shabby
Robert Scolnick, of Toronto, passenger on Air Canada's hijacked flight from Calgary, was one of few aboard who saw hijacker. He says he looked shabby
11/13/1971
How hijacker pointed gun at back of her neck is demonstrated by Air Canada stewardess Beverly Atkinson (top), pointing at fellow-stewardness Chris Waud
How hijacker pointed gun at back of her neck is demonstrated by Air Canada stewardess Beverly Atkinson (top), pointing at fellow-stewardness Chris Waud
9/11/1968
Airport sets up metal detector, Air Canada stewardess Shirley Paproski, of Winnipeg, passes through electronic gate, consisting of two poles connected(...)
Airport sets up metal detector, Air Canada stewardess Shirley Paproski, of Winnipeg, passes through electronic gate, consisting of two poles connected(...)
11/10/1970
Happy reunion
Happy reunion
9/8/1986
Facing Charge of hijacking a jet from Labrador to Montreal last night, 21-year-old Larry Maxwell Stanford leaves Dorval police cells for his court app(...)
Facing Charge of hijacking a jet from Labrador to Montreal last night, 21-year-old Larry Maxwell Stanford leaves Dorval police cells for his court app(...)
12/15/1972
John Stanford, Father of man held
John Stanford, Father of man held
12/14/1972
Most terrifying moment for Metro 18-year-old students, Christine Corbett (left) and Kathy Arlow (right) during bus hijacking in Florida was when hijac(...)
Most terrifying moment for Metro 18-year-old students, Christine Corbett (left) and Kathy Arlow (right) during bus hijacking in Florida was when hijac(...)
4/3/1977
Back home safely, Air Canada stewardess Ruth-Ann Snell is embraced by her mother, Irene Snell, at Toronto's Cara Inn where the crew of a DC-9, hijacke(...)
Back home safely, Air Canada stewardess Ruth-Ann Snell is embraced by her mother, Irene Snell, at Toronto's Cara Inn where the crew of a DC-9, hijacke(...)
12/27/1971