Hijacker's life changed

Nic Name · 06-04-2002, 11:21 PM

He was. That's why the charge was kidnapping. Because there wasn't even an offence of hijacking in Canada in 1971.

The human interest story that many young people, like this man's 17 year old son, find so disturbing is that it's possible that anyone's father might have an unknown criminal past that precedes the birth of the child. Like any of us, he'd have said, "not my dad, it's not possible." He must be in a state of shock beyond comprehension.

The father was arrested on September 8, 2001 and the son has had to live through the same terrorist threats as all of us, while facing the fact that his father was a hijacker in 1971.

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06-04-2002, 11:21 PM	#8
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	He was. That's why the charge was kidnapping. Because there wasn't even an offence of hijacking in Canada in 1971. The human interest story that many young people, like this man's 17 year old son, find so disturbing is that it's possible that anyone's father might have an unknown criminal past that precedes the birth of the child. Like any of us, he'd have said, "not my dad, it's not possible." He must be in a state of shock beyond comprehension. The father was arrested on September 8, 2001 and the son has had to live through the same terrorist threats as all of us, while facing the fact that his father was a hijacker in 1971. Last edited by Nic Name; 06-04-2002 at 11:25 PM.

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