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Reluctant Hero : The Story of Eastern Airlines Flight 1320 by Robert Wilbur (2019, Trade Paperback)

Having already attempted suicide at the age of 16, John Devivo, Jr. boarded the Eastern Airlines shuttle from Newark to Boston on St. Patrick's Day, 1970, as a 27 year old with a plan. On the second anniversary of his father's death, armed with a .38 caliber handgun, he intended to kill himself, along with the other 72 souls on board. Only with the unflinching sacrifice of a young first officer, coupled with the bravery and otherworldly calm of the recently promoted captain, would the passengers and crew have a chance to survive. RELUCTANT HERO is the riveting true story of a man who was born to fly and, in a way, raised to meet the unbelievable challenge he would face as a 35 year old commercial airline captain. After reading it you'll wonder, as I always have, how such a story has remained in the shadows for so many years.

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