Netanyahu reveals what HEROIC passenger told him

SEAN. >> Sean: JEFF PAUL, THANK YOU. TONIGHT. >> JOINING US NOW IS ISRAELI. PRIME MINISTER, PRIME MINISTER. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. MR. PRIME MINISTER, THANK YOU. FOR BEING WITH US. FIRST OF ALL, OUR DEEPEST. CONDOLENCES. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT WHO. WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS. HIJACKING THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE. SKY, AND I KNOW YOU MET WITH. SOME OF THE HEROES TODAY, WHAT. CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT WHAT. HAPPENED? >> WELL, LOOK, ON A FLIGHT FROM. DUBAI TO ISRAEL, AS THEY WERE.

APPROACHING ISRAEL, THERE WAS AN. ATTACK BY ONE OF THE PILOTS. AGAINST THE OTHER PILOT. APPARENTLY HE STABBED HIM OR HE. HIT HIM WITH AN AXE. HE WAS BLEEDING PROFUSELY AND. THE PLANE BEGAN TO GO OUT OF. CONTROL AND BEGAN A NOSE DIVE. THE PILOT WHO WAS THERE, WHO WAS. AN INDIAN PILOT WITH SORT OF A. VERY BADLY WOUNDED, HE'S. FIGHTING I THINK FOR HIS LIFE. RIGHT NOW.

BUT IN AN ACT OF UNBELIEVABLE. COURAGE, HE MANAGED TO UNLOCK. THE DOOR TO THE COCKPIT, AND AN. ISRAELI CITIZEN, PASSENGER, RUSHED FROM ROW 16, HE RUSHED TO. THE CABIN, BUT AS THE PLANE WAS. SWERVING, HE WAS KNOCKED TO HIS. FEET -- KNOCKED OFF HIS FEET, IN. THE PLACE WHERE THE STEWARDESSES. ARE OR THE STEWARDS ARE, AND HE. MANAGED IN THE MOMENT, WHERE THE.

PLANE SOMEHOW HAD STOPPED --. DIDN'T REALLY STOP BUT. MOMENTARILY MAYBE HIT AN AIR. BUMP OR SOMETHING, MANAGED TO. ENTER THE COCKPIT. HE SAW THE ATTACKER NOT AT THE. INSTRUMENTS, THE OTHER PILOT, THE ATTACKING PILOT TRYING TO. JAM THE INSTRUMENTS. HE GRABBED HIM FROM BEHIND, PULLED HIM BACK, GOT INTO THE. PILOT'S SEAT, PULLED THE STICK. BACK, OKAY, AND TWO OTHERS, AN.

ISRAELI AND ANOTHER PASSENGER, CAME IN, OR ONE OF THE AIR. CREWS, CORRALLED THE ATTACKER. AND THEN THE RESERVE CREW THAT. WAS SITTING WITH THE PASSENGERS. CAME IN AND MANAGED TO STABILIZE. THE PLANE. I MET WITH THIS ISRAELI, THIS. UNBELIEVABLE ISRAELI, HIS NAME. IS HAYOUN, WHO DID THIS THING. AND I ASKED HIM, YOU KNOW, HOW. DID YOU DO IT? AND HE SAID, WELL, I JUST HAD TO. DO IT. I HAD TO ACT TO SAVE -- HIS.

FAMILY WAS THERE, 174. PASSENGERS, MOST OF WHICH. WERE -- WHOM WERE ISRAELIS WERE. THERE. HE HAD TO SAVE THEM. AND HE ACTED WITH COOLNESS OF. JUDGMENT AND HEROISM THAT IS. JUST TREMENDOUS COURAGE THAT. PREVENTED ANOTHER 9/11. I ASKED HIM, WHAT DO YOU DO FOR. A LIVING? AND HE SAID, I'M A PLUMBER. I UNPLUG, YOU KNOW, UNCLOG. SEWAGE CLOGS. I SAID WELL YOU CERTAINLY.

UNCLOGGED A BIG ONE THIS TIME. AN AMAZING ACT OF HEROISM OF. HIS, OF THE INDIAN PILOT, THE. PEOPLE WHO HELPED HIM, THEY. STOPPED A DISASTER THAT COULD. HAVE BEEN GLOBAL. >> Sean: THIS IS SOMETHING YOU. HAVE EXPERIENCED FIRSTHAND IN. YOUR OWN FAMILY. WE HAVE BEEN FRIENDS FOR 30. YEARS. I HAVE SUCH ADMIRATION FOR YOUR. STRENGTH, THE STRENGTH OF THE. ISRAELI PEOPLE UNDER THIS. CONSTANT THREAT OF RADICAL. ISLAMIC TERRORISM, AND YOU LOST. YOUR OWN BROTHER AT THE RATE,

YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS. FIRSTHAND IN YOUR OWN LIFE, AND. THIS CONSTANT THREAT, AND YET. MEANWHILE WORLDWIDE WE SEE THE. RISE OF ANTI-SEMITISM I HEAR. TONIGHT THE HALLS OF CONGRESS, COLLEGE CAMPUSES, IN THE U.S. ON. THE AIR WAVES SOME BIGOTED. PEOPLE. THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR. SMALL POPULATION, OCTOBER 7TH, WE ARE SARR NEARLY AT THE THIRD. ANNIVERSARY, THAT'S LIKE THE. EQUIVALENT OF 40,000 DEAD. AMERICANS, AS YOU POINTED OUT AT. THE UN.

WHAT ARE THEY MISSING IN TERMS. OF WHAT OF WHAT RADICAL. ISLAMISTS ARE DOING. >> WELL, YOU JUST SAW WHAT THEY. WERE DOING. I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT. BACKGROUND OF THIS PERSON, THE. TEAKER, BUT HE OBVIOUSLY HATED. ISRAELIS BECAUSE HE WAS GOING TO. KILL ABOUT 170 OF THEM ON THIS. PLANE, KILLING HIMSELF, TOO. SO THAT'S FANATICISM AND HATRED. OF AN INCALCULABLE LEVEL BUT. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FACING AND. THAT'S WHAT THE ENTIRE WESTERN.

WORLD IN AMERICA ARE FACING. AND I THINK PRESIDENT TRUMP. UNDERSTANDS IT, MANY OF THE. AMERICAN PEOPLE UNDERSTAND IT. BUT THERE'S SOME WHO HAVE FALLEN. PREY TO THIS PROPAGANDA, YOU. KNOW, PRIMARILY CARRIED OUT ON. SOCIAL MEDIA THAT VILIFIES. ISRAEL. ISRAEL IS THE DAVID HERE. FIGHTING THIS GOLIATH OF GLOBAL. IS SLAM I CAN, ISLAM. FUNDAMENTALISTS, FUND MENTAL. THAT SEEKS DEATH TO ISRAEL,

DEATH TO AMERICA, THAT'S WHAT. THEY CHANT, DEATH TO EVERYTHING. IN BETWEEN AND THIS IS SOMETHING. WE RECOGNIZE AND I THINK WE. RECOGNIZE IT WITH INCREDIBLE. HEROISM. BECAUSE LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED. HERE. LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED ON 9/11. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS, SEAN. THE FIRST CASUALLY OF 9/11 WAS A. BRILLIANT ISRAELI ENTREPRENEUR, DANIEL LEWIN, HE HAD BEEN AN. OFFICER IN MY UNIT, SPECIAL UNIT. IN THE MILITARY. AND YOU'RE RIGHT, THIS IS THE. UNIT, I MYSELF WAS WOUNDED IN.

THE RESCUE OF A HIJACKED BELGIUM. AIRPLANE WHEN WE RESCUED. PASSENGERS AGAIN TAKEN BY. ISLAMIST TERRORISTS. SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED. HERE, WHAT HAPPENED THEN IS THAT. LEWIN TOOK -- BASICALLY ATTACKED. THE ATTACKERS, THE HIJACKERS, THAT WERE EN ROUTE TO THE WHITE. HOUSE WITH ONE OF THOSE SUICIDE. PLANES AND HE WAS THEN STABBED. IN THE BACK BY ANOTHER HIJACKER. HE WAS THE FIRST CASUALLY OF.

9/11, AN AMERICAN/ISRAELI. HE WAS THE FIRST CASUALLY. NOW YOU HAD THE POSSIBILITY OF. HAVING ANOTHER 9/11, AND AN. ISRAELI PASSENGER, A CIVILIAN, I. MET THIS GUY, HE'S AN INCREDIBLE. HERO. LOOK AT WHAT HE DID UNDER. IMPOSSIBLE CIRCUMSTANCES. I SPOKE EARLIER TODAY WITH. PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO REALLY WAS. APPRECIATIVE OF THIS. AND HE SAID, YOU KNOW, WHEN A. PLANE IS NOSE DIVING, THE. PASSENGERS, INCLUDING 30. CHILDREN, ARE ALREADY SAYING. THEIR PRAYERS, THEY KNOW THEY'RE. GONE FROM THIS WORLD.

AND THIS YOUNG MAN JUST ACTS. WITH INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE. HEROISM AND SAVES THE DAY ALONG. WITH THE INDIAN PILOT WHO WAS. THERE AND THE OTHERS WHO CAME TO. HELP. BUT WITHOUT HIS DARING DUE, WITHOUT HIS COURAGE, WE WOULD. HAVE FACED A DISASTER OF. UNBELIEVABLE PROPORTION. THINK ABOUT IT. I DON'T KNOW YOUR NEXT HIJACK. MAKE SURE AN ISRAELI IS SITTING.

NEXT TO YOU. >> Sean: THANK GOD EVERYTHING. WORKED OUT. THAT PLANE DROPPED 18,000 FEET. THAT IS A MASSIVE DROP. YOU KNOW, UNDER THE TWO YEARS. THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN. BACK, THIS POWERFUL RELATIONSHIP. BETWEEN YOU AND THE PRESIDENT. HAS PREVENTED THE RADICAL REGIME. IN IRAN THAT CHANTS DEATH TO. ISRAEL, DEATH TO AMERICA, THE. NUMBER ONE STATE SPONSOR OF. TERROR, THIS POWERFUL. PARTNERSHIP HAS RID THE WORLD OF. ANY CHANCE THAT THE IRANIANS.

WILL EVER HAVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS. I KNOW YOU'RE UP FOR A CRITICAL. ELECTION COMING UP IN OCTOBER, AND I HOPE THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL. UNDERSTAND THIS POWERFUL. PARTNERSHIP OF MORAL CLARITY. NEEDS TO CONTINUE. BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF. HOPE IN OUR WESTERN EUROPEAN AND. NATO ALLIES. I DO NOT. THEY DON'T HAVE THE MORAL. CLARITY. THEY DIDN'T JOIN WITH ISRAEL AND. THE U.S. IN STOPPING IRAN FROM. GETTING NUCLEAR WEAPONS. THEY ALLOWED UNFETTERED ILLEGAL.

IMMIGRATION WITH UNFETTERED A. SIMULATION. WE SAW IN IN GREAT BRITAIN. THEIR LACK OF CLARITY WHICH IS. WHY YOUR ROLE AND PRESIDENT. TRUMP'S ROLE IS SO CRITICAL. RIGHT NOW IN MY VIEW. I'M SAYING TO MY FRIENDS IN. ISRAEL GET OUT AND VOTE FOR MY. FRIEND BIBI BECAUSE IT'S VITAL. TO THE WORLD, SIR. >> WELL, THANK YOU. LOOK, YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS. THING IN BRITAIN. YOU WANT TO HEAR HOW ABSURD. THINGS ARE THERE AND HOW FAR THE.

ANTI ISRAEL PROPAGANDA HAS GONE. WE GAVE THE BRITS THE INTEL THAT. THERE WAS GOING TO BE AN ATTACK, AN IRANIAN SPONSORED ATTACK AND. PRETTY MUCH THE NEXT DAY THEY. SLAPPED SANCTIONS ON US, ON US. SO IT'S WILD. I MEAN, THE CAVING IN, THE. COLLAPSE BEFORE THE ISLAMIST. MARXIST ALLIANCE IS VERY. DANGEROUS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE. WEST. I THINK MANY IN AMERICA.

RECOGNIZE IT. PRESIDENT TRUMP RECOGNIZES IT, ISRAEL RECOGNIZES IT AND WE'RE. WILLING TO ACT WHEN NECESSARY AS. WAS DONE TODAY OBVIOUSLY BY A. BRAVE ISRAELI PASSENGER AND HIS. COLLEAGUES. I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT I THINK. PRESIDENT TRUMP'S POLICY ON. SLAPPING THESE SANCTIONS THE. BLOCKADE ON IRAN, I THINK IT'S. VERY EFFECTIVE IN CRIPPLING THE. ECONOMIC CAPABILITY OF THIS. REGIME TO FINANCE TERRORISM.

GLOBALLY, WORLDWIDE, TERRORISM. THAT IS ULTIMATELY DIRECTED AT. YOU. SEE, WE'RE JUST IN THE WAY. WE'RE IN THE WAY OF CONQUERING. THE ENTIRE MIDDLE EAST BUT THE. REAL GOAL IS YOU, AMERICA. >> Sean: YEAH. >> THAT'S WHY THEY CHANT -- THEY. CALL US THE LITTLE SATAN AND. YOU'RE THE BIG SATAN AND THEY'RE. OUT TO GET THE BIG SATAN AND. SOONER OR LATER I THINK THE. MAJORITY OF AMERICANS WILL. RECOGNIZE IT. >> Sean: WE SAW A WORLD WITHOUT. ANY MORALE COMPASS OR CLARITY. WE SAW MORAL COWARD DES AT THE.

UN WHEN THEY WALKED OUT ON YOUR. VERY POWERFUL SPEECH I THOUGHT. IS THERE ANY INDICATION NOW OF. ANY IRANIAN INVOLVEMENT IN THIS. INCIDENT THAT YOU COULD SHARE. WITH US. >> IT'S TOO EARLY TO SAY. THE ATTACKING PILOT IS BEING. NOW -- IS NOW BEING INVESTIGATED. IN SAUDI ARABIA. I THINK HE'LL BE TAKEN TO THE. EMIRATES WHERE HE COMES FROM, OR. AT LEAST WHERE HE LEFT, WHERE HE.

FLEW OFF FROM. AND WE'LL BE FOLLOWING AND. POSSIBLY PARTICIPATING IN THIS. INVESTIGATION SO WE'LL FIND OUT. BUT IT'S NO SECRET THAT IRAN. WANTS TO TARGET ISRAELIS ABROAD, WANTS TO TARGET ISRAEL HERE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT. AND, IN FACT, WE SEE SIGNS OF. NOT ONLY FROM THEM BUT FROM. THEIR PROXIES THAT THEY'RE. INTERESTED IN PERPETRATING. ATTACKS CERTAINLY BY HAMAS AND. BY HEZBOLLAH RIGHT BEFORE THE.

ELECTIONS. WE HAVE CLEAR EVIDENCE OF THAT. BUT I THINK THAT WHETHER OR NOT. THIS WAS CARRIED OUT AS PART OF. THAT PLAN, THAT WE DON'T KNOW. YET. BUT I THINK THE FACT THAT YOU. HAD HERE THE UNBELIEVABLE. RESOURCEFULNESS OF JUST ORDINARY. CITIZENS, THIS GUY HAD, YOU. KNOW, HIS WIFE AND KIDS SITTING. THERE. I ASKED THE CHILDREN, WHAT. HAPPENED WHEN IF PLANE WAS NOSE. DIVING AND THE KID SAID, WE FLEW.

TO THE CEILING. SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THE HAVOC. THERE, THE PEOPLE WERE ALREADY. SAYING THEIR PRAYERS, THEY. THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO ALL. CRASH AND DIE. AND THEY WERE SAVED. SAVED BY HEROES, BY THE INDIAN. PILOT, BY THE ISRAELI PASSENGER, BY THE OTHERS WHO CAME TO THEIR. HELP. I THINK THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE. YOU KNOW, WHEN I SAW HIM, HE. HAD -- HE WAS COMPLETELY STAINED. WITH THE BLOOD OF THIS PILOT WHO. WAS ALMOST BUTCHERED TO DEATH BY. THIS ATTACKER. SO WE'LL FIND OUT.

WE'LL GET TO THE ROOT OF THIS. ATTACKER, WHETHER HE HAD. ACCOMPLICES, WHETHER IRAN WAS. BEHIND IT. I THINK WE'LL FIND OUT VERY. SOON. >> Sean: ALL RIGHT. MR. PRIME MINISTER, I'M GLAD. EVERYONE IS SAFE, THANK GOD THAT. MAN ACTED THE WAY HE DID. INCREDIBLE HEROISM. IT'S INTERESTING, FROM MY POINT. OF VIEW, I THINK IT'S A BADGE OF. HONOR THAT WHEN YOU WENT TO THE. UN, I WAS GLAD THAT YOU LECTURED. MAMDANI, HE DESERVED IT, AND ALL. THOSE MORAL COWARDS THAT WALKED. OUT AND YOU STOOD UP TO ALL OF.

THEM, AND THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE. THAT DON'T WANT THE U.S. AND. ISRAEL TO BE THE CLOSE ALLIES. THAT WE ARE, WHICH IS WHY WE. MUST KEEP THIS ALLIANCE STRONG. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE WATCHING. YOUR RACE VERY CLOSELY AND. YOU'RE IN OUR PRAYERS AND AS ARE. ALL THE PASSENGERS AND THE. HEROES OF TODAY. AND WE'RE GLAD THEY'RE SAFE. MR. PRIME MINISTER,