byck in A Sentence

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    This assassination attempt wasn't the first time Byck had threatened Nixon.

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    The surviving pilot's account also doesn't mention Byck saying anything after the police entered.

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    After being shot, Byck staggered back and the officer emptied his clip through the door.

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    Three days later, a letter arrived at the Miami News desk, written by Byck, stating his reasons for the assassination attempt:.

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    He did not, however, get to Byck in time and when he first spotted Byck, he was already aboard the plane.

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    Once on the plane, Byck entered the cockpit and told the pilots he had a bomb and that he wanted them to take off.

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    Upon returning to the cockpit after having the doors closed, Byck proceeded to shoot the dead co-pilot again and also shot the pilot two more times.

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    This is the point when the officer chasing after Byck spotted him in the plane, with two stewardesses attempting to shut the door at the time.

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    At this point, the pilot, Reese Loftin, decided it would be a good idea to do what Byck told him to do, so he started the engines.

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    The officer(whose name was blacked out in the official F.B.I. report, but I believe was named Charles Troyer), then grabbed Ramsburg's .357 Magnum and chased after Byck.

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    Indeed, Byck had previously been arrested twice protesting in front of the White House as he had no permit to protest, which is a requirement for protesting at that location.

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    As such, Byck decided a revolution was needed to fix the rampant corruption he perceived, with politicians being more concerned about keeping special interests happy, rather than helping actual American citizens.

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    The officer that had been shooting at Byck managed to hit him at fairly close range through the aircraft door when he saw Byck stand in front of a port hole.

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    As the officer had now run out of bullets, he left and by the time he got back other police officers that had arrived on the scene informed him that Byck was down.

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    Byck, a high school dropout and ex-army soldier, had been down on his luck for some time when he decided to try to“take back the government” for the people, by assassinating the president.

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    Byck's plan was to take control of an airliner and then force the pilots to fly the plane into the White House, thereby presumably killing the President who was there at the time.

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    According to the“History” Channel, Byck was only wounded by the officer, not killed, and when he saw his attempt had failed, he instead attempted to kill himself before the officers could board the plane.

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    Byck sent one of his letters explaining what he was about to do and why to famed reporter Jack Anderson, who himself had been a target for assassination, this time by someone in the Nixon administration.

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    Thus, at this point, the pilot told Byck the doors needed to be closed in order for them to take off, which got rid of Byck temporarily and allowed the pilot to call for help from air traffic control.

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    Another bit that is not in the official report, including not in the pilot's testimony, is that after shooting the pilots, Byck supposedly grabbed a passenger and put her in the pilot's seat and told her to fly the plane.

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    However, after Byck left the cockpit temporarily and then came back and again shot the co-pilot, who was already dead, and then shot Loftin in the back, he changed his mind and figured he was just dealing with a crazy person, which was a more accurate assessment given Byck's history of mental problems and current actions.

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