Hattie Durham
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hattie Durham is a fictional character in the Left Behind series, by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins.
Hattie was a senior flight attendant, young and beautiful, working for Pan-Continental Airlines. She seemed to be attracted to Pan-Con pilot Rayford Steele, perhaps wanting an affair with him. (In the movie version only, during her last flight, to Heathrow Airport, she reveals that she is leaving Pan-Con for the United Nations, thanks to a certain Cameron "Buck" Williams sending letters to Nicolae Carpathia about her.) Late into the night, many awake to find that loved ones and others have vanished, leaving behind everything material, ranging from clothes and hearing aids to tooth fillings. Terrified at the events, Hattie informs Rayford about the event, thinking he does not know what has just happened. When they return to Chicago, Hattie begs Rayford to stay with her, but he refused, wanting to check on his family. A few days later she arrives at his house, pleading for him to come with her, but he tells her he found what he was missing, Jesus Christ and that the disappearances was the Rapture. However she declines, thinking he is crazy after losing his wife and son, and leaves without him.
Hattie, who convinced Buck to introduce her to Antichrist Nicolae Carpathia, eventually becomes the personal secretary, and later the lover, of Carpathia. Rayford and the other members of the Tribulation Force attempt to convince her that Carpathia is evil, but she refuses to listen. After becoming pregnant with Nicolae's child and being engaged to him, Hattie is eventually sent to the Belgium Facility for Female Rehabilitation (BFFR, or "Buffer") when Carpathia realizes she would be a liability to him. Carpathia attempts to poison her but the child takes the brunt of the poison and dies. This later convinces Hattie of the truth of God's Word, and she becomes a devout Christian. She is eventually killed by False Prophet Leon Fortunato, who calls down a bolt of lightning to vaporize her.
Hattie is resurrected at the Glorious Appearing of Jesus Christ, to the great delight of Rayford and the rest of God's followers.
|
Major Characters in Left Behind Series Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
|
|
| Original Tribulation Force Members: Rayford Steele | Cameron "Buck" Williams | Chloe Steele | Bruce Barnes |
|
| Other Tribulation Force Members: Tsion Ben-Judah | Chaim Rosenzweig | Albie | Mac McCullum | Abdullah Smith | David Hassid | Chang Wong | Ming Toy | Ree Woo | Ken Ritz | Lionel Whalum | George Sebastian | Priscilla Sebastian | Amanda White | T. M. Delanty | Lukas Miklos | Floyd Charles | Hattie Durham | Steve Plank | Razor | Otto Weser | Naomi Tiberias | Eleazar Tiberias | Gustaf Zuckermandel, Jr. | Hannah Palemoon | Leah Rose | Annie Christopher | Marcel Papadopoulos | Georgiana Stavros |
|
| The Global Community: Nicolae Carpathia | Leon Fortunato | Viv Ivins | Suhail Akbar | Walter Moon | Peter Mathews | Marilena Carpathia | Reiche Planchette | Aurelio Sequoia Figueroa | Jim Hickman | Ramon Santiago | Clancy Tiber | Guy Blod |
|
| Others: Joshua Todd-Cothran | Jonathan Stonagal | Bo Hanson | Samuel Hanson | Anika Janssen | Bernadette Rice | Gerald Fitzhugh |
|
