Ọ na-atụ aro (n'ihi na ihe atụ, site na 2004 film dramatization nke ndụ ya) na Byck e sitere n'ike mmụọ nsọ site na ozi ọma akụkọ nke buzzing nke White House site US Army agha Robert K. Preston na a zuru UH-1B Huey helikopta on February 17.Since Byck ama ama na Secret Service na n'ihi na iwu na-agbalị ịzụta a egbe nwere ike mere ka ụba nnyocha, Byck zuru a.22 caliber egbe si enyi ya iji na hijacking. Byck nwekwara mere a bọmbụ si abụọ lita nke gas na a igner. Site na nke a niile usoro, Byck mere ya na-agwụ ike audio ndekọ na-eme ka ndị uwe ojii na-egbu ya n'ihi na ọ na-achọghị ka ndị uwe ojii na-egbu ya dị ka ọ na-agbapụ site na ụgbọ elu na-agba ọsọ na-egbu egbu ma ọ bụ na-agbapụ n'ụgbọelu.
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