SAVED FROM DEATH
WOULB-BE SUICIDE CHARTERS . 'PLANE. PILOT CRH’S HER BY HAIR. (U.P.A by Elec. Tel. Copyright). (Received May 22, 11 p.m.) BOSTON, May 21. A husky 200 lb. pilot saved a young woman from suicide to-day in a grim fight within the cockpit of an aeroplane at an altitude of 10,000 feet. The woman chartered a plane with the apparent intention of destroying herself. As she started to jump, the iiiiot grabbed her by the hair and, after a strenuous tussle, lie managed to operate the controls with me hand*and make a perfect landing. Tho police were unable to identify the would-be suicide who was removed to hospital.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12869, 23 May 1936, Page 5
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