Hero in the cockpit – Pistol served pilot well in ’54
By EVAN MOORE

Oct. 14, 2001, 1:07AM

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FORT WORTH — Until now it was largely forgotten, a brief, tragic incident that lay buried in fading newspaper accounts and the memories of only a few, but the shooting of a hijacker by an airline pilot almost 50 years ago has taken on a new significance today.

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