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Remembering 9/11 Hero Betty Ong, the Flight Attendant That Alerted the World to the Events on Flight 11
On September 11, 2001 at approximately 8:20 am, Betty Ann Ong spoke in a hushed voice on an Airfone from the back of American Airlines Flight 11. In a calm manner, she told employees on the ground, “The cockpit’s not answering. Somebody’s stabbed in business class — and I think there’s mace…I think we’re getting hijacked.”
Betty, 45, was working an extra shift on Flight 11 in order to join her sister on vacation. But 14 minutes after the plane took off, it made an abrupt U-turn and headed towards New York City. Together with fellow flight attendant Madeline Sweeney, Betty relayed the seat numbers of the five hijackers, allowing authorities to quickly identify them.
Because of their bravery, the world knows the events that took place on Flight 11, how the hijackers took over the plane, and the identity of the hijackers. Flight 11 crashed into the World Trade Center’s North Tower at 8:46 a.m. Betty’s last words: “Pray for us. Pray for us.”
Betty, whose mother emigrated from China, was born in San Francisco and was the youngest of four siblings. When her family heard the story about a brave flight attendant who had provided information from the plane, they knew that it had to be Betty.
They eventually spoke with Nydia Gonzalez, the American Airlines employee that Betty had spoken to on the ground and learned the details of her heroic actions. Cathie Ong-Herrera, one of Betty’s older sisters, told the New York Post that her sister “gave her life for her country.”
In 2004, the Ong family created a foundation in Betty’s honor. It funds summer camp for kids and social programs for seniors at the Betty Ann Ong Chinese Recreation Center in San Francisco. “We continue to keep her legacy alive by the work we’re doing,” Cathie said. “We want to mirror who Betty was.”
Punch has gone viral again after older monkeys comforted him following an accidental fall into a pond at the zoo.
Caretakers later confirmed that he had fully recovered, eating well, playing with peers, and running around energetically as if nothing had happened.
Back in 2016, Park Geon Roung was one of the child actors who starred in the Baby Shark Dance video, which went on to become the most viewed YouTube video of all time.
He was just a kid then, and now at 17, he is showing the world just how beautifully time flies.
Geon Roung never stepped away from the spotlight. Since 2019, he has been part of Play With Me Club, a South Korean co-ed kids group, keeping his place in showbiz.
Fans who rediscovered him recently were stunned, with many saying he now looks just like a K-pop idol.
The ‘Baby Shark’ video was uploaded to YouTube in June 2016 by Pinkfong, a South Korean education brand.
It quickly became a staple in nursery schools and a go-to distraction for parents of toddlers worldwide, turning into one of the most recognizable children’s songs of its generation.
For many who grew up watching that video on repeat, seeing Geon Roung at 17 is a quiet reminder of how fast kids grow up.
One day they are dancing to baby shark, and before you know it, they are teenagers the internet is falling in love with.
BLACKPINK’s Lisa is going viral after visiting Punch, the baby Japanese macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan.
She posted the moment on her Instagram Story, showing full love to the beloved viral monkey. The photos spread across social media almost immediately.
What made the visit even more special was what Lisa brought with her.
She carried an orangutan plush toy identical to the one Punch is famous for clutching, the same toy that once comforted a baby monkey rejected by his mother and turned him into a global sensation.
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