* George Wright, Convicted Murderer, Plane Hijacker Arrested After 41 Years as a Fugitive-Watch Video Here
Published by Junior Staff Writer on September 28, 2011
George Wright was a convicted murderer when he escaped prison and then allegedly helped hijack a Delta Airlines jet and escaped to Algeria. Wright was serving a 30-year sentence for robbing and killing of a World War Two war hero at a gas station in Farmingdale, N.J. World War II Bronze Star recipient Walter Paterson was killed for the $70 in his pocket.
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