Hannan’s Class Mates Remember A Friend Gone Far
Grand Island Central Catholic High School classmates of 1966 mourn a friend named Michael Hannan. Reports tied him to a Frontier Boeing 737 hijacking and an Atlanta bank robbery case with associate George Stewart. Friends recall a sharp student turned by Vietnam to drugs and disconnection, ending in a life far from their memories.
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C. David Kotok
Grand Island Central Catholic High School
Mike Hannan
Grennan
Thomas Michael Hannan
Frontier
Grand Island
Robert Placke
Kearney
Hannan
Vietnam
Carl Tesmer
Atlanta
Stewart
Mobile
Prichard
Northside Parkway
National Bank of Georgia
University of Nebraska- Lincoln
John F. Kennedy College
Wahoo
Kearney State College
Jeff Hayman
Placke
Hayman
Mike Hamik
Berkeley
Calif
FBI
O’brien
Ala
Nebraska
Thompson
Hannan and Stewart inbank robbery and hijacking spree
Hannan and Stewart, both charged with a $7,000 Atlanta bank robbery, hijacked a plane to Kansas City and Atlanta, released passengers, then Hannan killed himself after negotiations failed. Thompson and FBI officials described the standoff and demands for $3 million and parachutes.
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Kansas City
Hannan
Chance
Atlanta
Hartsfield International Airport
Stewart
FBI
Dunn
E. J. Curtis
G. H. Jones
Security chief says more measures could not prevent hijack
Grand Island UPI reports airport manager Roger Burdick defended current security after Frontier Airlines Flight 197 hijacked by Thomas Michael Hannan, who commandeered the jet to Atlanta and killed himself. Burdick stated no security changes could have prevented the incident.
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Grand Island
UPI
Frontier Airlines
Hall County
Roger Burdick
Thomas Michael Hannan
Atlanta
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