29 Sep 2026 04:00
433: What if the hijackers brought you forward to die?
After losing his older brother on K2, a man travels to Pakistan years later to say goodbye, but on his flight home, he is taken hostage in a terrifying hijacking that will change the course of his life.
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Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits, Aviva Lipkowitz
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death of a sibling, grief and bereavement, terrorism, plane hijacking, hostage situation, threats of execution, gun violence, explosions, mass casualty event, and traumatic injury, explicit language.
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