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Airline Honors 70-Year Employee
Azriel Blackman is framed by a mural of him in Hanger 10 while speaking to reporters at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) NEW YORK — American Airlines is celebrating the seven-decade service of a New York mechanic who turns 87 next month and has no plans to retire. Azriel "Al" Blackman was 16 when he started as an apprentice mechanic in July of 1942, long before bag fees, airport security or even the introduction...