Dog Day Afternoon

On August 22, 1972, a 97 degree day in New York City, an extraordinary robbery took place minutes before closing, in a branch of the Chase Manhattan Bank, on Ave, P at 3rd St, Brooklyn. As the blistering day wore on, details about the two inept young robbers and their victims began emerging, and in a borough where the absurd is quite commonplace, these details where to develop into one of the most bizarre news stories of the year.