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20. Plane Crash in Colombia: American Airlines Flight 965, with Jennifer R. Hudson
Three weeks after accepting a new role as an American Airlines spokeswoman in 1995, Jennifer R. Hudson was paged out of bed in the middle of the night.
The worst had happened.
Flight 965 had disappeared in the mountains of Colombia, and Jennifer needed to report to the scene of the crash to coordinate the company's public relations response. Unnerved and uncertain, she had to push aside her doubts and power through what would become one of the most harrowing experiences of her career.
Jennifer would go on to serve as a Vice President of Communications for British Airways, a PR Manager at the…
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