Initially she worked on an alternative the company was developing to the canceled Sergeant York system, and then became program director for electro-optical systems.

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Paul Babakitis, a retired New York City police sergeant who helped restrain the captain, told Fox News Tuesday that he and the attendants worked to calm the rest of the passengers during the last phase of the flight.

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After he left the service as a sergeant in 1946, he studied law at New York University.

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The challenge is particularly poignant for the West Point crowd, since earlier in the week an Army sergeant was charged with secretly photographing and videotaping at least a dozen women at the upper New York state academy, including in a bathroom.

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The challenge is particularly poignant for West Point, since an Army sergeant was charged earlier in the week with secretly photographing and videotaping at least a dozen women at the upper New York state academy, including in a bathroom.

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