Betty Ong
| Betty Ong 鄧月薇 |
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Ong’s name is located on Panel N-74 of the National September 11 Memorial’s North Pool, along with those of other passengers of
Flight 11. |
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| Born |
Betty Ann Ong February 5, 1956 San Francisco, California, United States |
| Died | September 11, 2001 (aged 45) North Tower, World Trade Center, New York City, United States |
| Cause of death | Terrorist engineered plane crash |
| Occupation | Flight attendant |
Betty Ann Ong (traditional Chinese: 鄧月薇; simplified Chinese: 邓月薇; pinyin: Dèng Yuèwēi; February 5, 1956 – September 11, 2001) was an American flight attendant onboard American Airlines Flight 11 when it was hijacked and flown into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City, as part of the September 11 attacks.
Ong was born on February 5, 1956 in San Francisco and she was of Asian descent.
At the time of her death, Ong lived in Andover, Massachusetts. On September 11, 2001, Ong assigned herself to Flight 11, so she could return to Los Angeles and go on vacation to Hawaii with her sister. During the hijacking, she used a telephone card to call in to American Airlines' operations/Raleigh reservations center, from the plane's rear galley; identified herself and alerted the supervisor that the aircraft had been hijacked. Along with fellow flight attendant Madeline Amy Sweeney, she relayed a report of the seat numbers of three hijackers. During her Airfone call, she reported that none of the crew could contact the cockpit nor open its door, a passenger (Daniel M. Lewin) and two (unnamed, cockpit key-carrying) flight attendants had been stabbed and that she thought someone had sprayed Mace in the business class cabin.
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