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French citizen born in Algeria, served in the French army, and was involved in various military and paramilitary activities.

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Encore: My adventures on the high seas with a fugitive on the run

Well, Jean's main partner in crime, Hervé de Vailleterre, was one of the chief accountants for France's richest man at the time, Marcel Dassault.

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Encore: My adventures on the high seas with a fugitive on the run

So Jean told you about this hijacking, that it hijacked a plane as you were all on board the OCAT in the middle of the ocean.

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Encore: My adventures on the high seas with a fugitive on the run

Anyway, once they did that, he went to court and André Malraux, who was quite a famous French writer and at that time he was also, I think, culture minister and he had other claims to fame as well, spoke on Jean's behalf and said, this man has saved 600,000 lives.

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Encore: My adventures on the high seas with a fugitive on the run

Jean deliberately boarded his plane, which is a Pakistani airline's plane.

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Encore: My adventures on the high seas with a fugitive on the run

And so what Jean decided to do was hijack a plane to get medical supplies for those 10 million refugees that were marching towards the border.

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Encore: My adventures on the high seas with a fugitive on the run

And this was Jean's great chance to be a warrior.

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Encore: My adventures on the high seas with a fugitive on the run

Jean did tell you that he had spent much of his life fighting.