S213: The Hijacker, Part 2 - Martin McNally

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Javier Leiva

True Crime, Society & Culture, Technology

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🗓️ 24 July 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Martin McNally needed some cash, so what did he do? He hijacked an American Airlines flight with 90 passengers on board. If you haven’t listened to part one, check that out first. Today’s episode, picks up where we last left off. It’s 1972, and Martin McNally just hijacked a plane heading to Tulsa, Oklahoma. His plan was simple… Demand a half a million dollars, jump out of the plane, and disappear into the darkness of night. After 15 seconds of freefall, McNally pulls the ripcord. He begins to spin out of control. The parachute whips out and blasts him in the face. McNally looks up at the canopy as it pulls him away from the Earth. Then he looks down, and he realizes that the money bag slipped out of his hands. What now? He’s beat up, he lost all the money, and by the time he reaches the ground, there will be hundreds of FBI agents searching for him. What’s the point? McNally, considers ending it all. You definitely want to check out the rest of this story. This story was produced by Chris Knittel with the Burner Phone Podcast and was written and edited by me, Javier Leiva. LINKS Chief of Police for Peru Indiana picks up Martin McNally | New York Times Article Copter Hijacker Killed by Pilot Had Car With Weapons | New York Times Article Garrett Trapnell | Wiki FEATURED PROMO Already Gone Fall Line Podcast MUSIC The Pretend Radio theme song was composed by Joe Basile with thechicken.net Additional music by Blue Dot Session Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Creative Apple.
0:10.0	Last time on pretend radio, Martin McNally needed some cash.
0:14.6	So what did he do?
0:16.6	He hijacked a plane with 90 passengers on board.
0:20.7	His plan was simple.
0:22.3	Demand a half a million dollars, jump out of the plane, and disappear into the darkness of night.
0:27.0	If you haven't listened to part one, check that out first.
0:30.0	But if you're a badass like Martin McNally, stick around and live a little.
0:35.0	I'm Javier Leyva and this is Pretend Radio, stories about real people pretending to be someone else.
0:44.0	Let's pick up the story where we last left off.
0:52.0	Martin McNally, a 28-year-old, is sitting on the rear
0:56.2	stairs of a 727. The pressure is pulling him out. He slowly scoots down the steps.
1:04.0	So here's what happened.
1:06.0	I put both my feet out, and I very slowly ease my body out onto the air stream. Now I've got both of my hands on the
1:20.8	bottom of this tip and I'm looking towards the earth okay there's nothing else
1:27.3	in my body connected to the plane except my two hands and this is 300 miles an hour.
1:36.6	So I look up and in my brain, I'm thinking,
1:41.5	boy, if they knew I was this vulnerable
1:45.3	hanging on this plane like this and they would just come in come in here and
1:51.6	blow me away and hit me and I had a
1:53.6	pull my if he's dead.
1:57.0	McNally holds tight to the bag full of money
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