He Hijacked a Plane Dressed as a Priest, Then the FBI Found Him in Portugal 39 Years Later

In 1972, an FBI agent crossed the tarmac at Miami International Airport in nothing but a swimsuit, carrying a suitcase with one million dollars inside. The man waiting on the hijacked Delta jet had walked out of a New Jersey prison two years earlier. His name was George Wright, and he was about to disappear for 39 years. He didn't hide in shadows. He moved to a seaside village in Portugal, took the name José Luís Jorge dos Santos, married, raised a family, and became a Portuguese citizen. In 2011, the paperwork that made his new life real is what finally gave him away. What happened after his arrest is the part nobody expected. This is the story of Delta Flight 841, the second life one hijacker built in plain sight, and Walter Patterson, the man whose death started it all. Chapters: 0:00 The man in the swimsuit 0:39 Walter Patterson 1:55 The escape 2:41 Flight 841 3:50 Boston, then Algiers 4:52 The one who got away 5:15 A new name in Portugal 6:48 The fingerprints 7:39 The arrest 8:24 The ruling Sources include the FBI's public wanted notice for George Edward Wright, 1972 coverage of the Delta Flight 841 hijacking, and 2011 reporting from Portugal and New Jersey. Vanish tells the stories of people who ran. The ones who got caught, and the ones still out there. New video most weeks. #fugitive #hijacking #truecrimedocumentary