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My Hijacking: A Personal History of Forgetting and Remembering pullback and bombersOn September 6, 1970, twelve year old Martha Hodes and her thirteen year old sister experienced a harrowing event when their plane was hijacked by members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Forced to land in the Jordan desert, they, along with fellow hostages, endured six days and nights in captivity. Martha, now a professional historian, recounts this traumatic experience, drawing on archival research, childhood memories, and