Betty Ong's memorial in the Bay Area is 3,000 miles away from where Minter lives in North Carolina, but her legacy is something Vanessa vows to keep close to her heart. "You have to understand.

And she and I were on it." Indeed, the Ong family was able to hear Betty's voice on a four minute recording of the phone call when it was shared at a hearing of the official 9/11 Commission in 2004.

Betty Ong's memorial in the Bay Area is 3,000 miles away from where Minter lives in North Carolina, but her legacy is something Vanessa vows to keep close to her heart. "You have to understand.

Betty Ong is an SF-born American hero who alerted authorities to the plane hijacking of Flight 11 on September 11, 2001. Why don’t we know her name?

Ong said Betty’s favorite pastime was shopping for vintage dolls. During her travels to Asia and Europe, he said, she bought first issues of Beanie Babies, Barbies and China dolls.

“Betty was in 87-42, I was in 87-43.” Betty Ong flew for 14 years and was a purser, known for carrying her infectious smile down the aisle of any plane she worked. ‘Changes who you are.’ ...

Betty Ong grew up in Chinatown and once worked at the family store when it was being robbed. "Betty simply said, 'we're being robbed dad, but I'm not giving any money to these people,'" Harry Ong ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Betty Ann Ong Foundation is inviting the community to honor Betty Ong at Fire Station 15’s 9/11 memorial ceremony Wednesday. Ong worked as a flight attendant ...

Flowers cover some of the names at the 9/11 Memorial & Museum in New York. At upper right is the name of Betty Ong, who worked on American Airlines Flight 11... (AP Photo/John Minchillo) More ...

WASHINGTON – The tape of Betty Ong’s voice yesterday, alive and urgent yet amazingly calm, describing through the background buzz how a group of hijackers had stabbed two of her fellow flight ...

Betty Ong grew up in Chinatown and once worked at the family store when it was being robbed. "Betty simply said, 'we're being robbed dad, but I'm not giving any money to these people,'" Harry Ong ...