Cargo Terminal
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New York International Airport, December 1978, Monday, 2 p.m. At 3:05 a.m., six men in wool caps walked into the Valkyr Air cargo terminal, Building 14, took the staff hostage and left an hour later with an empty vault.
They took five million dollars in used bills, flown in from Frankfurt, and a box of jewelry. It is the biggest cash robbery this city has ever seen. Nobody fired a shot, nobody was hurt.
The thieves searched for nothing: they went straight to the right gate, the right room and the person who held the key. Someone on the inside drew them the map.
Three people know this terminal by heart. One of them sold the tip.
A concrete corridor in the cargo terminal, the steel vault door wide open and a light flickering.
Suspects
Raymond SzaboNight cargo supervisor at Valkyr Air, 47
Doris WhitfieldNight cargo manager at Valkyr Air, 55
Otis FairbanksCargo gate guard, 63
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