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Betty Ong

1956 - 2001

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Betty Ann Ong (February 5, 1956 – September 11, 2001) was an American Airlines flight attendant who was on board American Airlines Flight 11, the first airplane hijacked during the September 11 attacks. Ong was the first person to alert authorities to the hijackings taking place that day. Shortly after the hijacking, Ong notified the American Airlines ground crew of the hijacking, staying on the radiophone for 23 minutes to relay vital information that led to the closing of airspace by the FAA, a first in United States history. For this, the 9/11 Commission declared Ong a hero. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Betty Ong is the 698th most popular social activist (down from 619th in 2024), the 13,565th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,854th in 2019) and the 118th most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Betty Ong ranks 698 out of 840. Before her are Bobby Henderson, Randa Siniora, Anna Howard Shaw, Anna Sharyhina, Jenni Williams, and Roman Protasevich. After her are Indira Bajramović, Rajmohan Gandhi, Eren Keskin, Zahra Eshraghi, Maxim Martsinkevich, and Stanislav Markelov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Betty Ong ranks 654. Before her are Adrian Dantley, Jeff Merkley, Anatoly Beloglazov, Reinhold Hintermaier, Guy Maddin, and Alfredo Tena. After her are Lubomír Zaorálek, Tom Irwin, Randy Jackson, Clifton Powell, Claudio Rodriguez Fer, and Chris Hedges. Among people deceased in 2001, Betty Ong ranks 347. Before her are Ken Hughes, Viktor Yakushev, Ronnie Allen, Sidney Dillon Ripley, Arlene Francis, and Dale Evans. After her are Andy Phillip, King Moody, Thuy Trang, Stan Cullis, Joan Sims, and Madhavrao Scindia.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Betty Ong ranks 13,569 out of 20,380. Before her are Carrie Underwood (1983), Jessica Pegula (1994), Elizabeth Marvel (1969), Jonathan Tucker (1982), Gena Lee Nolin (1971), and Georgia Engel (1948). After her are Mitch Richmond (1965), Dennis Burkley (1945), Salli Richardson (1967), Daya (1998), Philip Levine (1928), and Patrick Volkerding (1966).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Betty Ong ranks 118. Before her are Virginia Giuffre (1983), Air Force Amy (1970), Juliette Gordon Low (1860), Rachel Corrie (1979), Amelia Boynton Robinson (1911), and Bobby Henderson (1980). After her are Julia Butterfly Hill (1974), Pauli Murray (1910), Judith Heumann (1947), Grace Abbott (1878), Gloria Allred (1941), and Derek Chauvin (1976).

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