The Assassination of Richard Nixon Page #6

It's a shame|there aren't more people like Bonny.

What a beautiful man.

I hope that he will forgive me|for stealing his gun.

They let you in looking like that?

I wanted to talk to you.

I'm sorry things didn't work out.|No hard feelings.

I wanted to thank you for teaching me...

that to be a salesman...

you don't have to be a good man.

You got a fever, Bicke?

You're sweating like a pig.

Here, wipe your forehead, for Christ's sake.

I'm trying to eat a meal.

You all right, son?

You love me. Don't you, boy?

Because I would never leave you.

Come on.

Good boy.

Sir? Excuse me.

You left your case.

TWA skycap with wheelchair,|please come to TWA ticket counter.

I have received reports|from various parts of the country...

of many instances of sharp increases|in the price of gasoline.

Ladies and gentlemen, we are about|to begin boarding Flight 523 to Atlanta.

In accordance with our security measures,|we do ask you to begin to form a line.

Please have your tickets and|any carryon baggage with you at this time.

This is the general boarding call|for Flight 523 to Atlanta.

Nobody move. I'll kill you.

I've got a bomb, I'll kill you.

You, come here. Close that door. Close it.

Sir, please just calm down.

- What?|- Just calm down.

We're gonna take care of anything you need.

No!

Write down that my name is Sam Bicke.

If you don't move, then no one will get hurt.

If you don't move, then no one will get hurt.

You understand?|I want you to fly this plane.

I want you to fly it low.|I want you to fly it very low.

I hear you, Sam.|I just need to call the tower. Okay?

I'm gonna call the tower.

I'm gonna reach over here|and get my headset.

I'll put it on and then call the tower...

because I need them to come|and take the tugs out in front of the wheels.

You have to help him to fly the plane. Okay?

She's gonna help you fly the plane.|You have to move him.

Sam, I can fly the plane myself.|Just let her go.

Please let me go.

I don't want to die.

Look at me, Maestro. Am I smiling?

Tell them why I did this, Maestro.|History needs to be clear on this.

They can rebuild the White House,|but they will never...

forget me.

Not ever.

I was here, Maestro.

I did this.

And a man is only remembered for his work.

Just tell them that.

The first hijack attempt|in the United States in more than a year...

was made today in Baltimore. It failed.

There had not been another hijacking|attempt in this country until today.

And it happened at the same Baltimore|airport, but with far worse consequences.

Forty-four-year-old Samuel Bicke|walked to the departure gate...

carrying a harmless-looking attach case|which contained gasoline and a detonator.

He was running and acting|like he was crazy. Out of his mind.

Bicke ran through the boarding bridge|yelling for passengers to get out of his way.

A policeman ran after him, but by that time...

Bicke was inside and had forced|the stewardesses to close the door.

The policeman|fired through the door's window...

and killed the would-be hijacker.

His motive may never be known, but|authorities say that there's no question...

the hijacker intended to destroy himself|and everyone else aboard Delta Flight 523.

Neil Strauser, CBS News, at the|Baltimore Washington International Airport.

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