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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

How hijacker pointed gun at back of her neck is demonstrated by Air Canada stewardess Beverly Atkinson (top), pointing at fellow-stewardness Chris Waud

Date9/11/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: How hijacker pointed gun at back of her neck is demonstrated by Air Canada stewardess Beverly Atkinson (top); pointing at fellow-stewardness Chris Waud.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0120268F
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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(...)
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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
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Airport sets up metal detector, Air Canada stewardess Shirley Paproski, of Winnipeg, passes through electronic gate, consisting of two poles connected(...)
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Vern Ehman, Disarmed a hijacker
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Telling about their trip to Cuba after their Air Canada DC-9 jetliner was hijacked during flight from Thunder Bay to Toronto, crew members from left, (...)
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Terror in the air during foiled hijacking of an Israeli El Al airlines jet is recounted at Toronto International Airport as David Meranda greets his w(...)
Terror in the air during foiled hijacking of an Israeli El Al airlines jet is recounted at Toronto International Airport as David Meranda greets his w(...)
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Welcome home: Relatives cluster around Shainaz Bhatia to shower her with hugs and kisses as she arrives at Pearson airport last night with her husband, Arif Gulamani, both on stretchers
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