I was a hostage in 1970 at age 13, caught in global events that were beyond my capacity to comprehend. I was held, together with my younger sister, for a week under difficult conditions. It began when the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, commandeered our aircraft, not long after we left Frankfurt, a stopover on our trip from Israel to New York City, where we lived.
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