Talk:Leon Klinghoffer

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Your account of Klinghoffer's death is WRONG on several counts.

Klinghoffer was shot in the head and the chest and died immediately.

He was thrown overboard by a ship's waiter and the barber who were forced to do so by the hijackers.

Marilyn Klinghoffer had been separated from her husband before this occurred and was not informed of her husband's death until after the hijackers had released the hostages and had been granted free passage out of Egypt back to Tunis. Marilyn Klinghoffer had been told by the hijackers that her husband was in the ship's infirmary and she had gone there immediately once the hiajckers had released them. Not firnding her husband she was called to the bridge by Captain Gerardo de Rosa who then informed her that her husband had been murdered.

Don't believe me - check it out in Sara Rimer's report "Marilyn Klinghoffer's Story: Gun at her Head," New York Times, October 29, 1985, p. A12.

Submitted by - Sean K. Anderson, author, Historical Dictionary of Terrorism (Scarecrow Press, 2002)

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"The terrorists then threw him and his wheelchair overboard, while he was still alive as his wife watched in horror. . . The body was recovered from the sea" - This is factually incorrect in several respects. Leon Klinghoffer was shot in the forehead and chest - he was no longer alive when his body was thrown overboard. The terrorists themselves did not throw him overboard. THey forced the ship's barber and a waiter to throw the man and his wheelchair overboard.

His wife was separated from him beofre the killing occurred and had been told by the terrorist that her husband was in the ship's informary. She only learned the truth after the terrorists left the ship at Port Said.

The body washed up on shore and was found by the Syrians around October 14-15 . . .

Why is it so difficult to correct misinformation in Wikipedia? Don't take my word for it: check the original reports:

McFadden, Robert D. “15 Passengers, on Return to U.S., Tell of Terror on the Cruise Liner,” New York Times, October 13, 1985, A1 A24.

Gwertzman, Bernard. “U.S. Believes Body Found By Syrians Is Slain Hostage’s,” New York Times, October 16, 1985, pp.A1, A13.

Mr. Klinghoffer Remembered

In NYC, and most likely other cities, Leon is remembered by a specialty drink. It's called, ironicly enough, "The Leon Klinghoffer". All it is is two shots and a splash.