are going to evacuate this plane, like right now." Ferruggio led the evacuation of passengers from the plane in Cairo. All passengers and crew were evacuated from the plane in less than a minute and a half, which Ferruggio later remarked at a 1970 news conference was "the fastest I’ve ever seen [evacuation] done and the fastest I’ve ever heard of." The last crew members - including Ferrugio - deplaned seconds before the plane exploded on the runway. Later life Ferruggio moved with his family to Milton, Massachusetts, in the early 1970s. He retired from Pan Am during the 1980s and ran a real estate business in South Boston. John Ferruggio died of organ failure at Milton Hospital in Milton, Massachusetts, on June 19, 2010, at the age of 84. He was survived by his wife, Susan; three daughters, Joann Kerzel, Lisa DeLuca and Donna Lee York; and six grandchildren. He was buried in Blue Hill Cemetery in Braintree, Massachusetts. References 1925 births 2010 deaths Flight attendants Hijacking survivors Pan Am people United States Navy personnel of World War II People from North End, Boston People from South Boston People from Milton, Massachusetts American people of Italian descent Deaths from organ failure South Boston High School alumni