Excerpt:
Inside the airplane, a swarthy man rushes out of the restroom. Concealing a razor knife within his fist, he stomps along the aisle. A lean-faced flight attendant stretches out one arm.
"Slow down. Take it easy. It’s not safe to run around here," she says to him.
Jerking back his left arm, he grabs the slender flight attendant and shakes her.
"Quiet!" he shouts. He rams his razor knife against her throat. She fights back and scratches his face, leaving the red marks of her nails on his bristly cheeks. He pounds on her shoulder, shoving her against the side of a seat. Frowning, he threatens everyone with his razor knife.
One of the passengers, a sturdy man in a checkered shirt, pushes his briefcase against the attacker’s legs. The hijacker turns around tripping over the briefcase. The flight attendant frees herself from the terrorist’s grip.
The hijacker regains his balance. "I have a bomb here." He opens his blazer and he points to the bomb strapped to his waist. "Do as you’re told or you’ll get into trouble," the hijacker warns with his harsh voice. His short, cropped hair can’t hide a few bald patches on the back of his pear-shaped head.
The husky passenger springs up and, with both hands, he circles the hijacker’s thick neck and squeezes it tight. The terrorist’s face becomes purple and his eyes seem to pop out of their sockets. He grimaces and stabs the passenger whose bulky body shakes in convulsion. A dark red stain of blood spreads, soaking through the passenger’s checkered shirt. The man gasps for air and flops back down onto his seat, his head lolling on his shoulders.
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