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Dog Day Afternoon

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Onlookers in Gravesend take in the standoff.
Photo: NYT


40 years ago today, John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Natuarale tried to rob a Chase Manhattan bank branch in Gravesend. The Times has and excellent post and archival slideshow on the resulting standoff.

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