On September 11, 2001, Virgin Airlines flight 75 from Manchester to Orlando, Florida, was taking a very special group of passengers across the Atlantic. Ninety of them were terminally ill children who were fulfilling a lifetime ambition to visit Disney World through the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
When they touched down however, the youngsters would have been shocked to look out of their windows and find not Mickey and Minnie waiting to greet them but a squad of grim-faced police surrounding the plane. The officers were taking no chances over who might be on board.
That day – 25 years ago – the Virgin
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