Images: 30-year anniversary of the TWA flight 847 hijacking
Dozens of suburban residents were on the TWA flight that was hijacked by Shiite Hezbollah militants on June 14, 1985. See photos from the Daily Herald archives of their return to Chicago and recent photos of those involved.
Parishioners pray for the safe return of the TWA hostages at St. Margaret Mary parish in Algonquin. Twenty members of the church were on the plane, that was hijacked by Shiite Hezbollah militants in 1985.
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Passengers from the hijacked TWA flight are welcomed back home at O'Hare International Airport in 1985.
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Parishioners at St. Margaret Mary parish in Algonquin pray for the safe return of Father James McLoughlin, pictured on the alter, and the dozens of other church members on board the TWA flight hijacked by Shiite Hezbollah militants in 1985.
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Father James McLoughlin, of Huntley, spoke to the media after returning home to O'Hare International Airport in 1985. He was among dozens of suburban residents on the TWA flight that was hijacked by Shiite Hezbollah militants.
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JoAnn Lazansky, of Algonquin speaks to reporters after reuniting with her husband, George, at O'Hare International Airport in 1985. They had both been on the TWA flight hijacked by Shiite Hezbollah militants in 1985. She was released early, but George was held hostage for 17 days until the U.S. negotiated his release.
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A TV is set up in the hallway at St. Margaret Mary parish in Algonquin, in 1985, as people watch the latest development on the hijacked TWA flight. Twenty members of the parish, and a dozen others from around the suburbs, were on the flight.
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A TV is set up in the hallway at St. Margaret Mary parish in Algonquin, in 1985, as people watch the latest development on the hijacked TWA flight. Twenty members of the parish, and a dozen others from around the suburbs, were on the flight.
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Passenger Ken Anderson, of Cary, in the brown suit, his wife, Lorraine, in the white dress, and Eunice Milton, in the yellow jacket, are greeted at O'Hare International Airport in 1985. They'd all been passengers on the TWA flight that was hijacked by Shiite Hezbollah militants.
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George and JoAnn Lazansky, of Algonquin, return home to Chicago after being on the hijacked TWA flight in 1985.
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Cy Grossmayer, of Algonquin, hugs his daughter after arriving home safe at O'Hare International Airport in 1985. He and his wife, Elaine, had been passengers on the hijacked TWA flight.
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Cy Grossmayer, of Algonquin, is greeted by his children as he arrives at O'Hare International Airport in 1985. He had been a passenger on the hijacked TWA flight.
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Msgr. James McLoughlin of Huntley talks about the 30-year anniversary of the TWA hijacking by Shiite Muslims.
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Msgr. James McLoughlin, of Huntley, talks about the 30-year anniversary of the TWA hijacking.
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Msgr. James McLoughlin, of Huntley, looks at old news photos of the TWA hijacking in 1985.
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Msgr. James McLoughlin, of Huntley, looks at old news photos of the TWA hijacking in 1985.
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Msgr. James McLoughlin, of Huntley, looks over a list of people from Illinois who were on the TWA flight 847 that was hijacked in 1985. He was among the captives.
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Msgr. James McLoughlin, of Huntley, talks about the lessons he's learned from being on the hijacked TWA flight in 1985.
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George and Jo Ann Lazansky, of Algonquin, talk about their ordeal of being held captive in Beirut 30 years ago.
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George Lazansky, of Algonquin, tears up while talking about a phone call he made home while being held captive in Beirut 30 years ago.
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In 1985, after being held hostage for two days on TWA flight 847, Msgr. James McLoughlin, of Huntley, wrote a letter to President Reagan that was printed in many newspapers.
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Msgr. James McLoughlin, of Huntley, looks over a scrap book of old news stories about the TWA hijacking in 1985. McLoughlin was one of dozens of suburban residents on the flight.
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George and Jo Ann Lazansky, of Algonquin, look at a church bulletin with a handwritten note they received in the mail after being held captive when their TWA flight was hijacked 30 years ago.
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George and Jo Ann Lazansky, of Algonquin, kept a few of the books and newspaper articles published about the TWA hijacking in 1985. They were about the dozens of suburban residents on the plane.
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