Shootout

The Battle for North Hollywood

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Shootout

By: Grant Anderson, Peter McDonnell
Narrated by: Maureen O'Connell
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One typical Friday morning in February 1997, two masked men dressed in body armor and carrying automatic rifles burst into the Bank of America in North Hollywood, California and started shooting.

They forced customers to the ground, stuffed hundreds of thousands of dollars into a duffel bag and exited out the back…where they were surrounded by police.

For the next 44 minutes, the armed robbers and police engaged in a deadly gunfight. News choppers overhead aired the North Hollywood shootout live on television. Down on the ground, both inside the bank and out, a neighborhood of strangers converged to stop the carnage and save lives. Many are telling their stories for the first time.

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Episodes
  • Episode 1: Two Eleven

    Episode 1: Two Eleven
    Feb 4 2021
    When two masked gunmen enter the Bank of America in North Hollywood, CA one typical Friday morning, the collision of diverse group of people is set in motion. The assistant bank manager, a customer, a rookie police officer, two veteran officers, and a dentist suddenly become central to one of the biggest crime stories in American history.
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    17 mins
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  • Episode 2: Convergence

    Episode 2: Convergence
    Feb 4 2021
    Violence erupts inside the Bank of America as the assistant manager, John Villagrana, bravely leads the armed robbers into the vault. Outside the bank, law enforcement from across Los Angeles rapidly converge on the scene. In the basement of police headquarters, a steely dispatcher rises to the biggest challenge of her career.
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    25 mins
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  • Episode 3: The Battle of North Hollywood

    Episode 3: The Battle of North Hollywood
    Feb 4 2021
    As the gunmen exit the bank, they unleash a hurricane of bullets from their automatic weapons, wounding many police and civilians. Rookie officer, James Zboravan, dives into a dentist’s office for shelter and lifesaving care. Another wounded officer—whose wife can hear his desperate radio calls—struggles to survive, as the gunmen march toward him.
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    33 mins
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I love how the western world always glorify criminals there names were repeated so many times I lost count at least I have mass murder to fallback on if I fail in the normal world to be famous.

I want to be a criminal

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This book is well worth the listen. It is very professionally structered and produced.

The live accounts in this book, I believe makes the audiobook.

Fantastic audiobook

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Really enjoyed this harrowing story, told by those who experienced it. An easy binge listen!

Well done!

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Told by those with first hand experience of the events as they unfolded, those right in the firing line. I could not stop listening.

Gripping and emotional

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this has got to be the best audible product ive listened to from over 200 from my audible library

ok. i cried to this

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Loved it! Narration was great and I felt like I was there. Listening to the raw emotions of the men and women involved in this hold up and the subsequent shoot out was incredible!

Bank hold-up

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