Death of a HeroineI post tributes to heroes now and then; almost all of them have been men. But here's the story of Uli Derickson, a woman
who certainly qualifies:
Uli Derickson
At one point they asked Ms. Derickson to sort through the passengers' passports to single out people with Jewish-sounding names. Although various news organizations initially reported that she had followed their orders, she in fact hid the passports, her son said. "Everybody looked to her for courage and guidance," Tom Cullins, an architect in Burlington, Vt., who was a hostage on the plane, said in an interview yesterday. "She was clearly in control. She even made demands of the hijackers."Uli Derickson passed away last Friday at the age of 60.