European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 7, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes monday april 7, 1986 news update a photo Jet bombing survivors in Athens Are Jonathan Branger 12, and his parents Joan and Tom Kojis of Algoma wis. Everything moved in slow motion7 Athens Greece a it happened so quickly that we weren t aware anybody had been sucked out of the plane recalled a passenger who sat near the bomb that killed four americans on a Twa flight. There weren t any screams. Within a second people had disappeared Tom Kojis said. As the trans world airlines Boeing 727 flew Over Greece at about 15,000 feet wednesday an explosion ripped a Hole in the right Side of the plane blasting four americans to their deaths and injuring seven people. Kojis is a 44-year-old methodist minister who preaches at two churches in Algoma wis., a town of 4,000 people 120 Miles North of Milwaukee. He said he boarded the flight despite misgivings. Fear of violence in the Mediterranean almost caused Kojis his wife Joan and her 12-year-old son Jonathan Branger to can cel a two week vacation in Greece. But last wednesday they found them selves aboard the latest terrorist target Twa flight 840 from Rome to Athens. There was a noise an Earth shattering noise one that made you feel like your head was going to explode Kojis said. He and his family were sitting one Row in front of and across the aisle from the jagged Hole left by the explosion. There was a Flash of Light the kind that goes off on a camera. Then i looked and saw this Hole that was ripped into the Side of the plane said Kojis. It happened so quickly that we weren t aware anybody had been sucked out. There weren t any screams. Within a second peo ple had disappeared without anybody know ing they had disappeared he said. Fear of terrorism boosts Long Island vacations Southampton . A some wary travellers say spending the summer in the wealthy Hampton on Long Island instead of going to Europe for part of the season will be Fine in View of terrorist acts overseas. Even though i had desires to go abroad i would t go said Steve Fox who plans to summer at his four bedroom House in West Hampton with other friends who share the Cost. Real estate agents say they Are hearing that often these Days from summer renters who sometimes split their Leisure time be tween Europe and Long Island. More of them say they Are choosing to spend the whole season in Homes they rent for be tween $5,000 and $100,000 a summer. Some of the people in my group had plans to travel abroad and one of them cancelled the trip said Fox 48, of new York who said he had travelled abroad frequently in the past. There s no Point in us risking our lives in going Over there Fox said after four americans were killed wednesday when a bomb exploded aboard an Athens bound Twa flight. Let somebody else worry about the bombs and the terrorists. The situation in the Hampton is Beautiful. The Hampton have the Best beaches in the world. I la just make the most of a Good  the Hampton including two townships eight villages and two dozen hamlets that stretch about 40 Miles from West Hampton to Montauk Point on the Eastern tip of Long Island have a population that swells from 60,000 residents to 200,000 in the summer. Gail Munn 38, of Manhattan said she and eight other people who share a House in Southampton have discussed the threat of terrorism. It comes up at every House meeting we have she said. This year i think a lot More people Are concerned about going to Europe and a lot More will be in the Ham Ptons. In one Case a Gal in our House last year has been invited to Europe with her son and is debating whether to do it or not. I think it has very much to do with  obviously the real estate business is booming in the Hampton said Mary r. Randazzo president of the Eastern Suffolk Board of realtors and owner of Randazzo realty in Westhampton Beach. It s a super real estate year. People Are moving faster than they be Ever moved be fore she said. Her comments were echoed by a dozen other real estate agents on Long Island although none of them could provide Fig ures on How much summer rental inquiries and sales have increased. They said the decline in the buying Power of the Dollar abroad also has led peo ple to rent for the summer or buy property in the Hampton. The bomb exploded at 2 20 p.m., moments after capt. Richard Petersen asked passengers to fasten seat belts in preparation for Landing at the Athens Airport. Aboard were 112 passengers three off duty Twa employees and seven Crew Mem Bers. Tiny fragments of Metal and plastic showered on the passengers and a thick White powdery Cloud of dust from the cab in s Wall insulation filled the air. There was no fire Kojis said but he smelled an odor like burned electrical  within a minute wind Rushing through the Hole cleared the Cabin Haze. Kojis watched a Blue seat Cushion Fly out the Gash in the Wall. Nobody panicked. Oxygen masks dropped. Flight attendant Cindy Purdy rushed to move injured people away from the wreckage. A doctor came Forward to assist. A woman in the eighth Row put on her life jacket and a Man from first class came Back to take photographs. Off duty flight Engineer Dennis Taylor inspected the Hole ripping Loose a hunk of protruding Metal to keep it from flying into the Cabin. I saw this Guy who had blood coming out. It looked like there was some flesh coming out of his shirt said Kojis who was sitting in window seat 9 a with his wife in the Middle and son on the aisle. Mrs. Kojis a 39-year-old psychotherapist said she wrapped her arms around her son and told him we re not going to die. We still have things to  son Jonathan said he was napping after lunch when a big Boom woke him up. He said he did not immediately realize that bits of shrapnel had pierced his Gray sweat pants cutting his right thigh and ankle. A video game wrist watch borrowed from a Friend had vanished. The minister said he turned around in his seat to touch the injured Man behind him to see if he was All  a saudi Ara Bian woman s Long White gown was charred to the Waist. Everything moved in slow motion. All of a sudden we became passive in a sense. I think it was because of the Shock. We did t know what to do Kojis said. I looked out the window and saw we were in a mountainous area and i thought where Are we going to land How Are we Ever going to put this thing Down we have to land right away " Kojis said. At 2 33 p.m., 13 minutes after the explosion the crippled plane landed safely. After the injured were taken off the plane the other passengers filed out calmly most not yet aware that anyone had been killed. Sex official imprisoned Mexico City a former Mexico City police chief Arturo Durazo who once displayed his wealth with Gold trimmed uniforms and palatial Homes is behind bars As the Centrepiece of the government s moral renewal Campaign. Durazo a character of popular lore who is the subject of Best Selling books pulp fiction comic books and a movie is being held on extortion charges. His return to Mexico after being extradited from 20 months in custody in the United states remained front Page news. He arrived. He s already Here. And he s Here to entertain us columnist Eduardo Valle wrote in the newspaper Al Universal. Heart recipient Tucson Ariz. A Michael Drummond the youngest person to receive a temporary artificial heart was in Good condition after being hospitalized because his body was trying to reject his transplanted heart a Hospital spokesman said. Drummond 26, was readmitted to University medical Center for treat ment with medication for what Doc tors termed moderate rejection said spokeswoman Jan Rooney. He had last been released from ump on March 18, four Days after he was admitted for what officials called a mild rejection episode. On aug. 29, Drummond received a Jarvik-7 artificial heart implant. It was traded for a human heart nine Days later. He was released from the Hospital in november and he re turned to work in february As a supermarket clerk in the Phoenix area. Payment plan of d fort Lauderdale Fla. A Twenty three creditors who waited for More than a year will get $35 million of the Money they lost in the failure of est government securities inc. Under a plan approved by a Federal judge. The Money to be distributed under the plan is about 22 cents on the Dollar for 17 municipalities and five savings and Loans that invested with est. The company was shut Down in March 1985, owing 69 creditors More than $315 million. The state of Ohio which took Over Cincinnati based Home state say Ings Bank after it lost $152 million in the est failure and reimbursed depositors will receive 7 cents on the Dollar under the plan accepted by . District judge Jose Gonzalez or. Sindona Case open Milan Italy up toxicologists reported they found traces of cyanide in the plastic cup from which financier Michele Sindona was drinking his breakfast Coffee when he collapsed with a fatal dose of Poison. But the technical examinations have failed so far to establish whether the former Vatican financial adviser was murdered or committed suicide authorities said. The Case remains open assist ant prosecutor Giovanni Battista Simoni reported after conferring for almost 90 minutes with the Mexico Logiste from the University of Pavia. Sindona was poisoned in his cell in the maximum Security prison at vog Hera March 20, two Days after a Milan court convicted him and sentenced him to life in prison for or Dering the murder in 1979 of the lawyer liquidating his Banca private Italiana. He died March 22