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TIL Neerja Bhanot, an air stewardess on Pan-Am 73 saved 41 American lives by hiding their passports, alerted the flight crew to escape, showed passengers on how to escape and then stayed behind to ensure everyone got off, then died saving three children from the terrorists. A true heroine.

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