Jim Tucker was flying FedEx Flight 705 as a First Officer when the flight was hijacked on April 7, 1994 but he was also a qualified Captain on the DC-10 and other FedEx aircraft. Tucker was, arguably, the most seriously injured of the cockpit crew suffering extraordinary head injuries and paralysis while attacked from behind as the flight was climbing to its assigned altitude enroute to San Jose, CA,  20-minutes after departing Memphis International Airport. Tucker, a talented former Navy pilot, partially paralyzed and somehow remaining conscious, performed extreme aerobatic maneuvers with the aircraft to keep the hijacker off balance. He then joined Flight Engineer Andy Peterson in the fight with the assailant allowing Capt. Sanders to return to his seat and begin returning the airplane to Memphis. Both Sanders and Peterson credit Tucker with a large measure of the successful, safe return and saving all their lives.