On August 10, 2018, 28-year-old Horizon Air ground service agent Richard Russell reported for work at Sea-Tac Airport as if it were just another normal work day for him. Russell, whose experience as a pilot came solely from playing video games, stole a Horizon Air Bombardier Q400 commercial airliner and took off in the direction of Mount Rainier.

As things turned out, he only had enough fuel to stay airborne for about 75 minutes.

He didn’t seem to have an agenda, much less a manifesto, although he did tell air traffic control:

“Minimum wage, we’ll chalk it up to that. Maybe that will grease some gears a little bit with the higher-ups.”

After it was all over his brother called him ‘a faithful, godly man’.

Every else now calls him Sky King.

His wife Hannah has apparently never commented in public about her husband’s last act.