Quote by: Brendan I. Koerner

The first outbreak of America's 11-year skyjacking epidemic occurred in the summer of 1961, when four planes were seized in the nation's airspace. The last of these incidents, involving 16-year-old Cody Bearden and his father, Leon, is the one that finally forced the federal government to pay attention to the escalating crisis.


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  • NameBrendan I. Koerner
  • DescriptionJournalist and author
  • BornSeptember 21, 1974
  • ProfessionJournalist