Samuel Byck

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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 President Richard Nixon. In fact, Byck killed a policeman and a pilot, but was shot and wounded by another policeman before committing suicide.

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