Central Florida's Independent Jewish Voice
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On Oct. 8, 1985, our 69-year-old, wheelchair-bound father, Leon Klinghoffer, was shot in the head by Palestinian hijackers on the Achille Lauro cruise ship. The terrorists brutally and unceremoniously threw his body and wheelchair overboard into the Mediterranean. His body washed up on the Syrian shore a few days later. Beginning on Oct. 20 for eight performances, a baritone portraying “Leon Klinghoffer” appeared on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera and sang the “Aria of the Falling Body” as he artfully fell into the sea. Competing choruse... Full story
