Pakutanga 1974, Byck akaita chisarudzo chake kuuraya Nixon. Akanga aronga kuita kudaro kuburikidza hijacking imwe ndege uye crashing nayo White House pazuva apo Nixon aizova ikoko. Zvakarehwa (somuenzaniso, kubudikidza 2004 firimu dramatization hwake) kuti Byck akanga akafuridzirwa nhau mishumo ari buzzing White House kubudikidza U.S. Army musoja Robert K. Preston ari chakabiwa UH-1B Huey neherikoputa musi February 17. Sezvo Byck akanga atozivikanwa kuti Secret Service uye nokuti yepamutemo kuedza kutenga pfuti angadai zvakaguma kuwedzera kuongorora, Byck akaba.22 caliber recoil pfuti kubva shamwari yake kushandisa muna hijacking. Byck akaitawo bhomba kubva maviri marita jugs peturu uye igner.
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