Captivity and Its Aftermath

The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, have mostly wiped from public memory the terrifying wave of skyjackings that imperiled air passengers in the 1960s and early '70s.

- By Mimi Nichter

Today, when safety regulations tempt us to wax nostalgic for the nearly nonexistent security standards of that earlier era, revisiting the injuries and traumas endured by the passengers on those skyjacked flights provides a jolting course correcti