Neerja Bhanot and the Pan Am Flight 73 Hijacking
(Pakistan / 1986)
In the chaos of a hijacked aircraft, small decisions made in seconds would define how one life came to be remembered.
According to records, during the 1986 hijacking of Pan Am Flight 73 in Karachi, Neerja Bhanot, serving as senior purser, helped alert the cockpit crew, contributing to the pilots escaping and preventing the aircraft from being flown.
Reports indicate she then remained with passengers through hours of uncertainty as armed hijackers held those onboard.
Witness accounts and later reporting describe her helping passengers move toward exits when gunfire erupted, with some accounts stating she shielded children in the final moments.
While details of individual actions in such traumatic events can vary in retelling, the broad record consistently recognises extraordinary courage under extreme danger. Her actions were later honoured in India and internationally.
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Josephine Baker:
Spy for the French Resistance
(France / 1940s)
Behind the glamour of performance, Josephine Baker was operating in a far more dangerous theatre.
According to records, Josephine Baker used her celebrity status, international travel, and social access to assist the French Resistance during the Second World War.
Reports suggest she gathered intelligence from diplomats and military officials, sometimes carrying coded information concealed in sheet music or personal belongings, using visibility itself as a form of cover.
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