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They passed the haul every box of it, one after the other down and inside the van. On december 11, 1978, a daring armed robbery rocked kennedy airport, resulting in the largest unrecovered cash haul in world history, totaling six million dollars. He gave the burke crew a master key, briefed them on the names of the employees who would be working the day of the heist, and even told them the best place to park their getaway car. Hes role in the lufthansa heist was tangential, and i dont really remember it very well.
I lived nearby and, dating a lufthansa stewardess, the story. In any event, the heist went off amazingly smoothly. In july 2015, rowman and littlefield published a book titled the lufthansa heist, coauthored by daniel simone and mobsterturnedinformant henry hill. On december 11, 1978 a group of men waited inside a ford econoline 150 in the predawn darkness that fell over the tarmac at john f. New york mafia boss john gotti was responsible for the death of mobster tommy desimone and had a hand. From henry hill himself, the lufthansa heist is the last book he worked on. Behind the sixmilliondollar cash haul that shook the world is a nonfiction book written by daniel. New book reveals mystery of lufthansa airlines heist. The real story of the lufthansa heist, the mafia, and murder destefano, anthony m.
Neither valenti nor asaro, he says, was involved in the robbery, nor were they among those mentioned in any of the fbis memos about the heist. Reporter anthony destefano, whose book the big heist details the event. Nicholas pileggi, author of wiseguy and casino a comprehensive account of the legendary 1978 heist. In 1978, half a dozen armed robbers in ski masks raided the lufthansa airlines cargo building at john f.
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