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Patty Hearst Robs A Bank

The first positive proof that Patty Hearst was no longer just a kidnap victim came on April 15, 1974, at the Hibernia Bank on Noriega Street in San Francisco. The bank was robbed at gunpoint. Patty Hearst, now referring to herself as “Tania”, was present and verbally confirmed her new identity to people in the bank. She herself was carrying an M1 Carbine. During the course of the robbery, two male customers were shot and seriously wounded. An eyewitness would testify at Hearst’s trial that she had been several paces behind the other terrorists when she ran for the getaway car. Which suggests that if she had wanted to, she could have got away.