Eyewitness to History: 1985 TWA hostage situation

Sunday, June 14, 2015
CHICAGO (WLS) -- June marks 30 years since one of the most dramatic and memorable standoffs in history, when Hezbollah militants hijacked a TWA jetliner in the Middle East.

Terrorists ordered the plane to hopscotch across the region. They killed one passenger and beat others.
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Some of those on the plane were part of a pilgrimage group from the Chicago suburbs.

This is ABC7 Eyewitness News' original coverage from June of 1985.
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