Background
According to her memoir, she was born in Eugene, Oregon, United States of America and was raised in Portland, Oregon.
According to her memoir, she was born in Eugene, Oregon, United States of America and was raised in Portland, Oregon.
She graduated from the University of Oregon, attended Vienna University (Austria), and obtained a master"s degree in German language, literature, and linguistics at Portland State University.
She was arrested in 1976 after hijacking Trans World Airlines Flight 355 and sentenced to life in prison, with early parole. In Oregon, she worked as a nurse"s aid, teacher, and mental health therapist for abused teenagers. They were active in publicizing human rights abuses in the former Yugoslavia, especially the murder of Croatian dissidents by the Yugoslav secret police organization UDBA in the so-called "black program," and in promoting the cause of Croatian independence.
They flew the airliner over London, where they dropped pamphlets promoting Croatian independence from Yugoslavia.
Zvonko and Julienne Bušić were convicted of air piracy resulting in death, which carried a mandatory life sentence with parole eligibility after 10 years. In 1979, she was attacked in prison by Manson Family member Lynette Fromme.
She was released from federal prison in 1989 after serving 13 years in the minimum security Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California. During and after her stint in prison, Julienne corresponded at length with Kathleen Murray Moran, the wife of the bomb squad member killed during the incident.
Kathleen advocated for Julie"s early release.
The group surrendered without bloodshed. However, Brian Murray, a member of the New York City Police Department bomb squad, was killed and three others squad members injured while attempting to defuse an explosive left behind in a storage locker at Grand Central Terminal.