Neerja bhanot

     You hear so many stories that are worth inspired. The person who inspired me the most is Neerja bhanot. She was born on 7th September 1963 Chandigarh,Punjab,India. She was a working for the airline pan America world airways, based in Mumbai.


     

She was shot and killed while saving hundreds of passengers on board Pan Am Flight 73,which was hijacked by terrorists on 5 September 1986. She became the youngest recipient of India's highest peacetime award for bravery, The Asoka Chakra award. Her life and heroism inspired a biopic in the form of Ram Madhvani's Neerja.

      She saved 359 people among 379 and was shot while helping passengers escape from the emergency exits. The hijack was occurred just two days before her twenty third birthday ,Neerja was a brave girl. She got so many awards . She is a model and She was recognised internationally as "the heroine of the hijack"
                                                                                                          - GOWARDHINI