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And while anyone hearing that incredible story would gladly nominate Grange as the personification of heroism - he doesn't seek that distinction. He says that on that hijacked aircraft - everyone played a role.
Howell Grange, Pilot
"Everybody did their job in the aircraft. It's unfair to just put the work on me. I mean, I was doing my job and, but everybody did their part in the aircraft. Mr Francesco, Mr. Brown. All the passengers. I'm forever grateful for all of them to keep calm. And instead they used the time to learn the emergency exits, they made good use of the time. You know, try inform their families and that kind of stuff. So I will forever be grateful for it. They didn't escalate the situation in the aircraft so that we had to do something drastic. And everyone was not going to get home."