Who was the first person to die in the 9 1 1 incident?

Among the 3,000 victims, the first victim was China stewardess Deng Yuewei. Why did Deng Yuewei rank first among the victims and be praised as an American hero? Deng Yuewei was the first person to report the hijacking to the ground in the whole 9 1 1 incident.

Deng Yuewei was born in Kaiping, Guangdong, and 1956 was born in San Francisco, California, ranking fourth in the family. Deng Yuewei is a third-generation Chinese immigrant, and his parents run a grocery store in Chinatown. After graduating from college, Deng Yuewei applied to become a stewardess of American Airlines.

Deng Yuewei and his family (second row, first from left)

9 1 1 On the day of hijacking, Deng Yuewei should have taken a vacation, but in order to earn more money, she gave up her vacation plan and boarded the American Airlines flight 1 1. Unexpectedly, misfortune came. American Airlines 1 1 flight was also the first passenger plane hijacked and crashed into the World Trade Center in the 9 1 1 incident.

Flight 2001September 6 at 7: 59 am 1 11flew from Boston Logan International Airport to Los Angeles, and Deng Yuewei boarded the plane for work as usual. At about 8 o'clock, the flight 1 1 was hijacked. The hijackers first took control of the first class, then released tear gas, drove passengers and flight attendants to the tail and hijacked the passenger plane.

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1 1 lost contact with the tower after the flight was hijacked. At this point, everyone on the ground still doesn't know what happened. All the passengers and flight attendants were in a panic, and many people shouted with fear, completely losing their ability to move and only dare to sit still. Only Deng Yuewei calm, the first thought of the hijacking news to the outside world.