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Catch Me If You CanThe next day I winged out of Miami, bound for Istanbul. I had an hourБЂ™s layover in Tel Aviv. I used it upholding my code of honor. In my entire career, I never yenched a square John as an individual. I sought out a branch of an American bank. And laid a sheaf of bills on the counter before a teller. БЂњI want a $5,000 cashierБЂ™s check,БЂ«I said. БЂњYes, sir. And your name?БЂ«БЂњFrank Abagnale, Jr.,БЂ«I said. БЂњAll right, Mr. Abagnale. Do you want this check made out to you?БЂ«I shook my head. БЂњNo,БЂ«I said. БЂњMake it payable to Aloyius James БЂBailoutБЂ™ Bailey, in Boston, Massachusetts.БЂ«CHAPTER EIGHT. A Small Crew Will Do- ItБЂ™s Just a Paper Airplane An entourage is expected of some people. The President. Queen Elizabeth. Frank Sinatra. Muhammad Ali. Arnold Palmer. Most celebrities, in fact. And airline pilots. БЂњWhereБЂ™s your crew, sir?БЂ«asked the desk clerk in the Istanbul hotel. It was a question IБЂ™d encountered before. БЂњI donБЂ™t have a crew with me,БЂ«I replied. БЂњI just flew in to replace a pilot who became ill.БЂ«It was my standard answer to such queries, which were much more numerous in Europe and the Middle East than in the United States ...» |
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