Terrorist Survivor of Midair Explosion of TWA Flight 840 Marks 31st Anniversary during upcoming visit to Southern California
Jeanette Chaffee will bring with her a powerful message of hope
By Dan Wooding, Special to ASSIST News Service
LOS ANGELES, CA (ANS – March 18, 2017)
– Jeanette Chaffee survived the TWA Flight 840 midair explosion of a
terrorist bomb less than fourteen feet from her. It is the only time in
history passengers have survived after a bomb exploded aboard a
commercial plane in the air.
She has appeared on the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, 20/20, The 700 Club, and multiple other television and radio shows. Jeanette was quoted in Newsweek, The New York Times, and USA Today. She also hosted and produced Reflections, a fifteen-minute weekly radio show that aired in cities from South Carolina to the Arctic Circle.
Recognized
as a gifted communicator, Jeanette changes lives by offering God’s hope
to audiences going through their most difficult personal challenges. As
an international speaker and author, she regularly speaks at church and
community events, retreats, schools, and women’s groups. She has
written diverse national magazine articles and has been a published
author for over fifty years.
Jeanette
will mark the 31st anniversary of the terrorist attack with appearances
at a wide range of events in the Los Angeles and San Diego areas of
California. She will share her harrowing experience on TWA Flight 840
and sign copies of her book, Extravagant Graces: 23 Inspiring stories of Facing Impossible Odds,
which highlights through exclusive interviews the most difficult
challenges faced by such high-profile Christians as Shirley Dobson, Anne
Graham Lotz, Don Richardson, Elisabeth Elliot, the Happy Days singers,
and Stephen Arterburn. Jeanette inspires readers to trust in God during
tough times by sharing these true stories of world-renowned musicians,
missionaries, athletes, and speakers who survived the most distressing
personal trials – and sometimes tragedies – in their lives with help
from the Lord.
Public
events include author talks and book signings in five Barnes &
Noble Bookstores. They are as follows: Sunday, April 2, Glendora
noon-3:00 pm. Author talk at 1:00 p.m.; Monday, Rancho Cucamonga
12:30-3:15 pm, Tuesday, April 4, San Diego (Kearney Mesa) 2:00-5:00 pm.
Author talk 3:00 pm; Thursday, April 6, Irvine 11:45- 2:15 pm., Friday,
April 7, Aliso Viejo 10:00-12:30 pm.
During her visit, I will be recording an interview with Jeanette for my Front Page Radio show which will be run shortly afterwards on KWVE (107.9 FM) (www.kwve.com),
and on their network of stations in California, and Nevada, including
Las Vegas, and is also on many other stations in the US. She will also
be interviewed for the Orange County Register newspaper.
Chaffee will privately meet with San Diego Police Field Lieutenant
Charles Lara who runs the critical incident department. They will
discuss terrorism and Jeanette will offer her availability to Lt. Lara
for consulting or any other assistance as needed. She also plans to
visit several regional libraries, meet staff members, and donate
autographed copies of Extravagant Graces to their libraries.
In April of 2015, Jeanette flew to Tampa, Fla, to be interviewed by host Arthelene Rippy on the internationally televised Homekeepers show, viewed by 60 million people on the Christian Television Network. She was also a guest in August on Club 36,
a global program on Watchmen Broadcasting. Additionally, in September, a
film crew from the Christian Broadcasting Network came to Oregon to not
only interview Jeanette but also to stage a re-enactment of the
airplane bombing of Chaffee’s own story, “Terror in the Sky” which aired
on the international TV program Turning Point in May 2016. It can be seen on demand at http://turningpointzone.com/jeanette-chaffee-terror-in-the-sky/.
Jeanette also met with Tualatin Mayor Lou Ogden to discuss terrorism
and volunteered her services in the community should the need arise.
In
October, she spent time with people in Roseburg, Oregon after the
shooting massacre at Umpqua Community College. Her article, “God is
Present in the Aftermath of Roseburg Shooting,” can be read on the
ASSIST News Service. http://assistnews.net/index.php/component/k2/item/1092-god-is-present-in-the-aftermath-of-roseburg-shooting?highlight=WyJyb3NlYnVyZyIsInJvc2VidXJnJ3MiLCJvcmVnb24iLCJyb3NlYnVyZyBvcmVnb24iXQ==. Then in September 2016, Jeanette traveled to Toronto, Ont., Canada, where she appeared on the popular telecast 100 Huntley Street television show. Crossroads Christian Communications produces the daily program.
A
highlight for her was meeting with Crossroads CEO, Lorna Dueck.
Jeanette remarked, “I couldn’t believe she took the time to pray with
me.” Find it on demand at tinyurl.com/zcjx2kk.
Focus
on the Family president Jim Daly, World Vision U.S. president Richard
Stearns, Pat Boone, Cliff Barrows and NFL coach Les Steckel have all
endorsed Jeanette and her book.
Learn more at JeanetteChaffee.com. To have Jeanette speak at your service or event, please contact her at 503.612.9407.
Photo
captions: 1) Jeanette Chaffee. 2) The terrorist bomb damage to TWA 840.
Jeanette was in the far right row, shown. 3) Jeanette’s book, Extravagant Graces: 23 Inspiring Stories of Facing Impossible Odds.
4) Tualatin Mayor Lou Ogden with Jeanette. 5.) Christians were executed
by a terrorist at Umpqua Community College. 6.) Host Moira Brown
interviewed Jeanette on 100 Huntley Street. 7) Jeanette with
Crossroads CEO, Lorna Dueck. 8) Dan Wooding with Jeanette Chaffee at the
studios of KWVE after a previous interview.
About
the writer: Dan Wooding, 76, is an award-winning author, broadcaster
and journalist who was born in Nigeria of British missionary parents,
and is now living in Southern California with his wife Norma, to whom he
has been married for nearly 54 years. Dan is the founder and president
of ASSIST (Aid to Special Saints in Strategic Times) and the ASSIST News
Service (ANS) and he hosts a weekly radio show and two TV programs, all
based in Southern California. They have two sons, Andrew and Pater, and
six grandchildren, who all live in the UK. Dan is the author of 45
books.
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POLAND (ANS - March 18, 2017)
-- She was only a teenager when Hitler’s Panzer divisions overran her
beloved Poland, separating the young nursing student from her family,
and launching her on a mission a Catholic girl with Aryan features might
never have imagined -- rescuing Jews from certain death.
As
Opdyke walked down the road on a clear, moonless night, she heard a
low, rumbling sound she didn’t want to hear. It was the sound of a
Russian patrol approaching, and she bolted for the woods. “I ran for my
life to the forest, but I was captured by three Russian soldiers and
brutally violated, beaten, and left in the snow to die,” she said. “But I
did not die.”
“The
men, who had been separated from the women upon arrival, were being
examined for circumcision; the circumcised men, the Jews, were taken
away,” she recounted. “To where? Why? Would they be back? No one knew.
Only
a few weeks later, the Germans came for Opdyke’s father. A ceramics
factory her father designed was considered important for the war effort,
and they wanted his expertise to make it function, so they took him
away.
About the writer: Mark Ellis is Senior Correspondent for the ASSIST News Service (
