Miles to Go Before I Sleep: My Grateful Journey Back from the Hijacking of Egyptair Flight 648 [Hardcover]

Jackie Nink Pflug (Author), Peter J. Kizilos (Author), R. Post (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1995

For anyone who has survived a trauma, the question has always been how to move beyond the experience. How does one stop being a victim? Pflug, who was one of three Americans on a plane from Athens to Cairo when it was highjacked by terrorists, answers that question and shares her story, in an inspiring book she hopes will serve as a springboard for personal growth and development. Photos.

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On November 23, 1985, EgyptAir Flight 648, bound from Athens to Cairo, was hijacked and forced to land on Malta. The hijackers, members of a dissident Palestinian faction, shot several passengers and shoved them down the boarding ramp. The drama ended nearly 24 hours later when Egyptian commandos stormed the plane; 59 people died in the shootout. One of the survivors was a 31-year-old special-education teacher from Texas named Jackie Pflug. Shot in the head by a hijacker, she later suffered epileptic seizures, severe depression, visual and hearing problems and memory loss. Her compelling memoir recounts the hijacking in dramatic detail, but even more dramatic is her account of the struggle to recover her physical and mental health. Invited to speak before groups about her ordeal and its aftermath, Pflug discovered the therapeutic benefits of reaching out to help others; her motivational tapes have become widely popular. Written with Peter Kizilos, her memoir is an inspirational chronicle of personal tragedy surmounted by raw courage. Photos. 20,000 first printing; $30,000 ad/promo.
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 230 pages
• Publisher: Hazelden (October 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1568380887
• ISBN-13: 978-1568380889
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,316,983 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars returning to health after being the target of a terrorist, November 14, 2000

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Marian Marti (Steamboat Springs, Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Miles to Go Before I Sleep: My Grateful Journey Back from the Hijacking of Egyptair Flight 648 (Hardcover)

This is an incredible first person account of a woman who was the selected target of terrorists on an Egypt Air Flight because she was holding an American Passport. She was taken outside of the plane onto the top of the stairs and was shot in the head. Her body fell down the stairs onto the tarmack and she was left there for dead. People picking up her body unexpectedly discovered she was alive and rushed her to a hospital. The remainder of the story is of her amazing recovery coupled with personal tragedy and overcoming obstacles to teach herself to read again(she was able to do this based on her special education background/experience) in spite of her prognosis.