Botched bank robbery ends in death and arrest 40 years ago this hour (1972)


Video: ABC News (Aug. 23, 1972)

(Wednesday, August 23, 1972, 4:45 a.m. EDT) — A hostage drama that began yesterday at a Chase Manhattan Bank in Brooklyn, N.Y., ended this morning when John Wojtowicz was arrested and Salvatore Naturile was killed by the FBI at New York’s Kennedy Airport. The incident inspired the movie Dog Day Afternoon.