Stolen Helicopter Shot Down at White House @dark5tv

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After having his lifetime dream of becoming a helicopter pilot crushed by what he perceived as an unjust technicality, 20-year-old Private Robert Kenneth Preston suddenly snapped.

On February 17, 1974, Preston drove back to Fort George Meade in Maryland where he served as a helicopter mechanic, but as he approached Tipton Field, he was surprised to find 30 unguarded, fully-fueled Bell UH-1B Huey helicopters.

The enraged mechanic then boarded one aircraft and furtively took off, breaking all security protocols imaginable.

As the authorities realized what had happened, an epic manhunt involving helicopters and patrol cars ensued, but to Preston, returning to the airbase was out of the question.

For the 20-year-old, only one option remained: to land directly on the White House's front lawn and meet President Richard Nixon face to face… The stunt would result in a historic photo.

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$5 Creepy Magic Tricks Gone Horribly Wrong The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: https://skl.sh/dark511201 Karr the Mysterious, otherwise known as Charles Rowan, was a South African escape artist who achieved local fame in the 1920s and 1930s by mounting his own high-risk stunts, narrowly escaping death each time... Not satisfied with the local fame he had achieved during the 1920s doing acts such as 8-foot jumps into piles of broken glass and escaping from straight jackets, Karr planned an especially dangerous stunt for his next performance. Even a local doctor was known to have: (QUOTE) “begged Karr not to proceed with the performance, but he insisted.” In Springfontein, South Africa, Karr attempted to free himself from a straight jacket while a car drove straight at him from 200 yards at 45 miles per hour. The time the magician would have to twist his way out of the straps and get away from the car would depend on the vehicle’s acceleration rate, which varied between 10 and 15 seconds. But one second could make all the difference. Kerr had often repeated the stunt, but during the live act he was a fraction of a second too late. Kerr got caught in the car’s right wheel, severely hurting his leg, and the car ran him over. A Reuters article read: (QUOTE) “A ghastly death befell a traveling magician named Karr here this afternoon.” Charles Rowan perished moments after the impact in front of a large audience, including children. But before he died, he exonerated the driver from any responsibility.$

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