by willychichi » Sun Apr 10, 2016 4:08 am
It was the score of several lifetimes — the Jan. 2, 1972, holdup of The Pierre. Eight men, armed and fearless, invaded the posh city hotel on a frigid morning and made off with $28 million in cash and jewels.
It was, says crime writer Daniel Simone, the greatest hotel robbery of all time.
Nick Sacco, a k a “The Cat,” is the last man alive who can tell the inside story of the heist. Now 76, he’s collaborating with Simone on a book tentatively titled “The Great Pierre Hotel Robbery,” which has already been optioned for a movie. Sacco has been in the federal Witness Protection Program for 40 years and agreed through Simone to tell his story for the first time to The Post.
Read more:
http://nypost.com/2016/04/10/last-livin ... tel-heist/
1972 Article on robbery:
http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2011 ... 200134.pdfIt was the score of several lifetimes — the Jan. 2, 1972, holdup of The Pierre. Eight men, armed and fearless, invaded the posh city hotel on a frigid morning and made off with $28 million in cash and jewels.
It was, says crime writer Daniel Simone, the greatest hotel robbery of all time.
Nick Sacco, a k a “The Cat,” is the last man alive who can tell the inside story of the heist. Now 76, he’s collaborating with Simone on a book tentatively titled “The Great Pierre Hotel Robbery,” which has already been optioned for a movie. Sacco has been in the federal Witness Protection Program for 40 years and agreed through Simone to tell his story for the first time to The Post.
Read more: http://nypost.com/2016/04/10/last-living-crew-member-opens-up-about-infamous-hotel-heist/
1972 Article on robbery: http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2011/Geneva%20NY%20Daily%20Times/Geneva%20NY%20Daily%20Times%201972%20Jan-Feb%201972%20Grayscale/Geneva%20NY%20Daily%20Times%201972%20Jan-Feb%201972%20Grayscale%20-%200134.pdf