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==Bank robbery==
On August 22, 1972, Wojtowicz, along with [[Salvatore Naturile]] and Robert Westenberg, attempted to rob a branch of the [[Chase Manhattan Bank]] at 450 Avenue P in [[Gravesend, Brooklyn]].<ref name=gislnsc/><ref name=sbhfr/> TheWestenberg ''[[Losfled Angelesthe Times]]''scene reportedbefore the heistrobbery wasgot meantunderway toafter payhe forsaw Eden'sa [[gender-affirmingpolice surgerycar (male-to-female)]].<refon name="lat"/>the However,street. ArthurRather Bell,than aquickly respectedobtaining ''[[Thethe Village Voice]]'' columnistmoney and investigativefleeing journalistas who knewplanned, Wojtowicz (and wasNaturile tangentiallyended involvedup inholding theseven negotiations),Chase reportedManhattan thatbank payingemployees hostage for Eden's surgery was only peripheral to the real motive. The attempted heist was, according to him, a well-planned [[American Mafia|Mafia]] operation that went horriblyfourteen wronghours.<ref name="Bell"gislnsc/><ref>{{cite news|urlname=http://www.villagevoice.com/2011/03/11/the-bank-robbery-that-would-become-dog-day-afternoonsbhfr/> |title=Littlejohn & the mob: Saga ofWojtowicz, a heistformer |author=bank Bellteller, Arthurhad |author-link=some Arthur Bell (journalist) |work=[[Village Voice]]|date=August 31, 1972}} First-person account by reporter and [[Gay Liberation]] activist,knowledge of hisbank acquaintance with Wojtowicz and his involvement in eventsoperations.</ref>
 
Naturile was killed by an agent of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] during the final moments of the incident;. Wojtowicz was arrested.<ref name="kluge">{{cite magazine|last1=Kluge |first1=P. F.|first2=Thomas|last2=Moore|title=The Boys in the Bank|magazine=[[Life (magazine)|LIFE]]|date=September 22, 1972|volume=73|issue=12|pages=66–74}}</ref>▼
Wojtowicz and Naturile held seven Chase Manhattan bank employees hostage for fourteen hours.<ref name=gislnsc/><ref name=sbhfr/> Westenberg fled the scene before the robbery got underway after he saw a police car on the street. Wojtowicz, a former bank teller, had some knowledge of bank operations.
 
An article in ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' reported the heist was meant to pay for Eden's [[gender-affirming surgery (male-to-female)]].<ref name="lat"/> However, reporter [[Arthur Bell (journalist)|Arthur Bell]], a veteran ''[[The Village Voice]]'' columnist who knew Wojtowicz (and was tangentially involved in the hostage negotiations), reported that paying for Eden's surgery was only peripheral to the real motive. The attempted heist was, Bell stated, a [[American Mafia|Mafia]] operation that went horribly wrong.<ref name="Bell"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2011/03/11/the-bank-robbery-that-would-become-dog-day-afternoon/ |title=Littlejohn & the mob: Saga of a heist |author= Bell, Arthur |author-link= Arthur Bell (journalist) |work=[[Village Voice]]|date=August 31, 1972}}</ref>
▲Naturile was killed by the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] during the final moments of the incident; Wojtowicz was arrested.<ref name="kluge">{{cite magazine|last1=Kluge |first1=P. F.|first2=Thomas|last2=Moore|title=The Boys in the Bank|magazine=[[Life (magazine)|LIFE]]|date=September 22, 1972|volume=73|issue=12|pages=66–74}}</ref>
 
==Aftermath==
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