Samuel Byck

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American hijacker and would-be assassin of Richard Nixon

United StatesLived 1930 to 1974 · aged 44

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Samuel Joseph Byck was an American hijacker and attempted assassin. S. President Richard Nixon. Byck killed an airport policeman and the plane's copilot and wounded the pilot, but Byck was shot and wounded by another policeman before committing suicide.

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Samuel Joseph Byck was an American hijacker and attempted assassin. On February 22, 1974, he attempted to hijack a plane flying out of Baltimore/Washington International Airport, intending to crash into the White House in the hopes of killing U.S. President Richard Nixon. Byck killed an airport policeman and the plane's copilot and wounded the pilot, but Byck was shot and wounded by another policeman before committing suicide.

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United States

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Lived 1930 to 1974 · aged 44

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