richard
Feb 26, 05, 9:34 pm
Several of the freed hostages insisted Derickson had stood up to the terrorists and prevented additional violence, but she continued to receive threats.
Derickson was the first woman to receive the United States silver medal of honor for helping hold the hijackers at bay, and was awarded the Silver Cross for Valor by the Legion of Valor, a veterans' group.
She resumed flying with TWA soon after the hijacking but retired in the late 1980s. She tried working in real estate but missed flying, so she joined Delta Air Lines in the early 1990s and continued working, mainly on international flights, until she was diagnosed with cancer in 2003.
story here (http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/nation/11001038.htm?1c)
Derickson was the first woman to receive the United States silver medal of honor for helping hold the hijackers at bay, and was awarded the Silver Cross for Valor by the Legion of Valor, a veterans' group.
She resumed flying with TWA soon after the hijacking but retired in the late 1980s. She tried working in real estate but missed flying, so she joined Delta Air Lines in the early 1990s and continued working, mainly on international flights, until she was diagnosed with cancer in 2003.
story here (http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/nation/11001038.htm?1c)