Michel Bacos was the captain of Air France Flight 139, which was hijacked in 1976 and eventually flown to Uganda before finally being rescued by Israeli commandos (the hijacking was aimed at punishing Israel and the flight took off from Tel Aviv with many Jewish passengers).
When the plane initially landed in Uganda, all the hostages were allowed to leave except the Jewish one. Bacos, the rest of the flight crew, and several other passengers refused to leave in a show of solidarity.
Eventually, Israeli commandos secretly entered the country and conducted a daring raid to free all the passengers.
After the raid, Bacos was asked if he ever thought the Israeli army would fly thousands of kilometres to rescue them. Looking at the cameras, he said, "Who else?"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Bacos
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