The decision to hijack the Achille Lauro cruise ship in 1985 was made by Muhammad Zaidan, also known as Muhammad Abbas or Abu … He was a 69-year-old New Yorker on a Mediterranean cruise with his wife Marilyn in … The Klinghoffer Family Papers consist mainly of materials created in response to the hijacking of the Achille Lauro. Salamon is a former New York Times and Wall Street Journal reporter. It was not only a tragedy, but also a wake-up call. The murder of Leon Klinghoffer brought the deadly reality of terrorism home to Jews and to Americans. He had two daughters and the family was very close. Amid the ongoing controversy over the Metropolitan Opera’s performance of “The Death of Klinghoffer,” little has been said about the Palestinian leader who masterminded the attack in which Leon Klinghoffer was murdered. Her promotional appearances, particularly one aired on C-SPAN on September 7 (more below), and related media coverage are likely to have a far greater impact … Find professional Leon Klinghoffer videos and stock footage available for license in film, television, advertising and corporate uses. Leon Klinghoffer had been confined to a wheelchair since his stroke a few years before. For the family of Leon Klinghoffer, the attack was personally devastating. And now we are reminded again about the event by Julie Salamon’s book An Innocent Bystander: The Killing of Leon Klinghoffer which was published in June 2019. Series I contains a small number of personal papers belonging to the family that predate 1985. But to their lasting credit, his daughters, Lisa and Ilsa, were determined to ensure that Leon did not die in vain. Abbas, who had moved to Iraq to escape the reach of American law enforcement, is wanted for the murder of Leon Klinghoffer, a wheelchair-bound American passenger who was shot and tossed overboard. By Stephen M. Flatow. Leon Klinghoffer, 69, shown in this undated file photo, was a passenger on the Achille Lauro in 1985 when terrorists hijacked the cruise ship in the Mediterranean off Egypt. He was on this cruise with his wife, Marilyn, largely because the "Achille Lauro" was wheelchair accessible. Marilyn Klinghoffer, the widow of Leon Klinghoffer who was murdered by Palestinian terrorists during the sea-jacking of the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro last … On October 7, 1985, Leon Klinghoffer, 69, a wheelchair-bound Jewish U.S citizen, was on a cruise on the Achille Lauro along with his wife Marilyn, to … A second “Klinghoffer” controversy erupted in 2001, when, in the wake of September 11th, the Boston Symphony decided to forego playing excerpts of the opera. Author Salamon takes a look at Klinghoffer's life...and murder. Leon Klinghoffer was an American Jew sailing aboard the Achille Lauro in 1985, when a team of Palestinian Liberation Front hijackers seized control of it … The murder of Leon Klinghoffer was merciless and cruel. Getty Images offers exclusive rights-ready and premium royalty-free analog, HD, and 4K video of the highest quality.