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One Day in September
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A morning like any other in Munich... |
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...a city where tradition and modernity |
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This summer our beautiful city |
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...to the 20th Olympic Games. |
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There, in the center of the future |
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Next to it, |
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For many visitors, |
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We're sure that you'll agree. |
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Well, nobody could foresee |
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From the wires |
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Good afternoon. |
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Another deadline |
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They had their hands tied in front of |
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Quite a frightening experience. |
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It wasn't anyJames Bond,: |
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- I just want to know what happened. |
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The deadline appears, to us, |
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- Unbelievable. |
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...an attempt might be made |
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Behind them was an Arab guerilla |
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All seems to be... |
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It was only a year and three months |
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...but it made such |
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...sometimes it looks |
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I went fencing, and he happened |
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I didn't know |
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He spoke Dutch, |
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...so I thought he maybe is from |
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Ankie Spitzer... |
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He had something about him |
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He was very much |
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...and also with |
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It was very attractive |
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I was not so at peace |
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...and certainly not with myself. |
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Being the person that he was, it was |
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I am a member |
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...which fled our village in Galilee |
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As refugees, my family moved from |
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...before finally ending up |
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When I was growing up, I thought |
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...unless we returned to Palestine. |
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If we didn't return, |
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...as a refugee deprived of |
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So I joined |
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...and was given a gun |
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For the first time in my life I felt |
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...that I wasn't |
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...but a revolutionary |
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I joined the revolution |
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- Which revolution? |
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It has affected the course |
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You have only to look at the way |
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...so many years later, |
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We lived in the northern border |
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...and it was way out in nowhere. |
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They decided to have |
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He was going from town to town, |
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...to try to teach the youngsters... |
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...through the art of fencing, |
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...because fencing |
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You have a weapon in your hand. |
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If you attack him right, |
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But he tried |
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...how to channel that aggression... |
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...into respect for your opponent. |
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It was very tough living there, but I |
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...as the most beautiful |
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I did a few tours of duty |
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...and then the leadership sent us |
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The training was hard and advanced. |
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We were there for about one month. |
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It seemed to me we were |
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We began to get a feeling that |
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He dreamt always to be once |
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Years before, |
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...he said that he was thinking |
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1972 Israeli Olympic Squad... |
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...because, I think, for every athlete, |
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For Andre and the rest |
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...the 1972 Olympics held |
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...because they were held in Munich, |
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There was a feeling that this was |
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...to be coming and attending... |
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...and therefore their presence |
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...certainly their presence |
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...when their team marched under the flag |
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...were very emotional moments. |
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The Germans saw the games |
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...the negative memories many still had |
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...which had been misused by the Nazis |
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Twenty-seven years |
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Munich was the ideal opportunity |
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...the new democratic face |
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The friendliness was in overdrive. |
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It was a massive attempt, |
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Gerald Seymour |
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...to appear open and modern |
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To help promote this new |
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...security was kept deliberately lax. |
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Police were banned |
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...and in their place were |
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...clad in specially designed outfits. |
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Jacov Springer |
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Jacov Springer |
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But for some of the Israeli team, |
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My father, he was five times |
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Five times is a special thing. |
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He was born in Poland in 1921. |
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His father was from Germany |
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...and thought that because he's speaking |
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Alex Springer... |
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So all the family stayed in Poland |
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...but my father ran to Russia. |
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He didn't want to stay because he was |
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And all the family... |
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...his brothers, sisters |
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...were killed in Poland. |
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He was the only one who survived. |
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Thirty-six years |
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Dachau, the first of the concentration |
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...for an Olympic memorial service. |
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The Israeli team |
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...along with competitors |
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Dachau is just six miles |
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I think it was very difficult |
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...of his family |
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I think he felt this. |
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But maybe it was also |
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...to show something to the Germans... |
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...that " Here I am, coming back |
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...and you... |
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...you couldn't really destroy me." |
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Spitz is still holding them off. |
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Down on the near side is... But Spitz is |
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Mark Spitz, USA. |
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And that is the whistle anyway, |
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...have kept their unbeaten record |
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The referee says there's |
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The only way they're going to score |
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And they got it! |
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I do not believe it. |
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Victory for the USSR |
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Absolutely fantastic. |
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Myself and two others traveled |
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...two days before the operation. |
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We went to a hotel which the |
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There we met up with |
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...another group of three and two leaders |
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The following day my friend and I... |
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...went to a couple of volleyball games |
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We still had not been told what |
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After one of the competitions he said, |
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I'm going over |
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I, coming from Holland, said, |
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They are from Lebanon. |
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Israel was in a state of war |
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He said, "Ankie, that's exactly what |
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Here I can go to them and talk to them. |
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So he went over and he asked |
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...and I'm from Israel, |
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To my big amazement, I saw |
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...and they shook hands with him |
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Ankie Spitzer... |
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...and they asked him about his results. |
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I'll never forget when he turned |
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...with this huge smile |
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"You see? This is what |
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After ten days, Andre's fencers |
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...and he and Ankie traveled to Holland |
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...whom they had left |
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The next morning at 10:00, |
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He woke up a little bit late. |
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We got to the train station, |
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I was desperate because I thought |
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...when he gets back to Munich because |
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He said, |
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I said, " No, let's try the other |
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So we raced to the next station... |
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...and in Eindhoven in Holland, |
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Without a ticket. |
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I still remember me |
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...and he left. |
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And that was the last time |
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On the night of September 4, |
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...the Israeli delegation was enjoying |
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...watching Fiddler on the Roof. |
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They returned to the village |
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The night of the operation... |
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...we went to the restaurant |
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There we met with the chief |
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...who for the first time told us |
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I felt very proud... |
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...that for the first time I was able |
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Our passports and belongings |
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...so there wouldn't be any clue |
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Then we all went to the village. |
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As we were climbing |
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...we ran into a group |
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...who were sneaking in |
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I remember they were drunk. |
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The funny thing is that we actually |
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I held my hand out... |
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...and we lifted one |
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We said thank you and good-bye. |
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With the help of members |
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...the terrorist leaders had entered |
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...in the days prior |
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Now they headed straight |
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We headed towards the building. |
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Each of us |
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...filled with weapons, |
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Each of us was given |
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My job was to guard the outside of |
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The Israelis were |
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Apartment one |
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The terrorists went there first. |
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As they broke in, wrestling coach Moshe |
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...but he was shot and wounded. |
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The leader went |
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...but didn't realize there was |
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He was attacked full force |
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Another member of our group panicked |
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The terrorists demanded that |
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...show them where the rest |
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At gunpoint, he led them |
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...which housed |
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...to apartment three, which contained |
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Weinberger calculated that |
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...of overpowering the terrorists. |
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I got out of bed and went outside... |
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...only to find myself |
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...wearing a balaclava hood |
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The terrorists were already holding |
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Now, weight lifter David Berger, |
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...saying, |
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But a gunman understands and jabs |
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...ordering him towards the exit |
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And that's how |
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My friends are behind me |
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I feel in a bit of a daze |
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...another terrorist ahead of me, |
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Suddenly the reality |
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As I get closer, |
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But as he's giving me the order... |
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I push his Kalashnikov aside |
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He shoots two or three rounds at me. |
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But I don't think |
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I run for about 70 meters... |
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...and then jump over the village fence |
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As Gad Zabari ran away... |
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...the already wounded Moshe Weinberger |
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He was shot and killed. |
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We had no orders to kill. |
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We were forced to |
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I heard some shots, |
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...and then I realized |
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...has been thrown out |
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...to the pavement. |
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He was naked, |
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Shmuel Lalkin |
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And I saw that he was dead |
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This was when I thought |
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This is ABC. |
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I'm Jim McKay speaking to you live, |
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...from ABC headquarters, |
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The Olympics of serenity |
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...the Germans didn't want them to be: |
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I had the first telephone call |
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Dan Shilon |
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...this morning at 6:00, |
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...and one of the Israelis |
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His name is Moshe Weinberger... |
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IsraeliJournalist... |
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...and I saw his body carried out |
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That body was smashed... |
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...which means he was killed |
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...not by a regular gun. |
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I was sleeping. |
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My parents came to wake me up, |
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"We just heard on the radio |
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...at the Israeli quarters |
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They killed one of the Israelis, |
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I know there was no boxing coach, |
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I thought, if it is not the |
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Maybe it's Andre. |
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How many Israelis are they |
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Around 16, 17. |
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Thirteen members of the Israeli team |
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There are nine hostages. |
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Nobody could tell me |
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...if he was one of the hostages, |
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Nobody could tell me. |
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When I arrived on the scene, |
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...who was talking to a man |
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He was Issa, |
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Issa expressed his demands |
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He was very cool |
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...clearly fanatical |
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The terrorists handed |
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In it they demanded the release of |
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...from jails in Israel, |
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If this was not done |
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...the hostages would be executed. |
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And you have until 12:00? |
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They said that at 12:00 |
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I certainly took it seriously because |
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...where always two or three |
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...and the leader of the terrorists |
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Walther Tröger |
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So I had to take it seriously. |
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When he was discussing with me, |
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Somebody's going inside. |
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The negotiators knew nothing |
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...except what they saw. |
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Three were visible |
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Issa, the leader, his face blackened |
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Tony, second in command, usually at the |
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And another man |
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Issa told the negotiators... |
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...that a second Israeli |
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...while trying to overpower |
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The terrorist leader refused |
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...or allow his body |
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...until all the political prisoners |
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My camera crew and I ended up, |
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Iooking down |
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...very quiet. |
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Gerald Seymour |
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And in a sense, you were looking down |
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We opened up all the radios |
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...to get some information. |
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Then at 9:00 in the morning, I found out |
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The men in the room: |
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The men in the room: |
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...an Israeli weight lifter |
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David Berger, 26 years old, |
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Ziev Friedman, another 26-year-old |
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These strong men sitting helpless |
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Eliezer Halfin, 24 years old, |
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Mark Slavin is 18 years old, |
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The others are officials, |
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Andre Spitzer, Kehat Shorr |
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We have a situation. |
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In Israel, the population awoke |
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Demand the release of some 200 Arabs |
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The Israeli government |
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...that in line with their policy, no deals |
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Golda Meir |
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If we should give in, |
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...can feel that his life is safe. |
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It's blackmail of the worst kind. |
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At this time I was the aide-de-camp |
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And the minister |
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General Ulrich K. Wegener... |
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He wanted to see the Minister |
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...because he was responsible. |
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We are a federal state. |
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So they talked to each other and they |
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In terms of the politicians |
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...they looked to me as if |
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...as if they basically did not understand, |
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...and two, the mind-set of the people |
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The Palestinians that one saw, |
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...that they were in charge |
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When it became clear to me |
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I said to the leader: |
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"You know our recent history... |
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...what was done to theJews |
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You must understand, this makes the |
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I said "Why don't you let them go |
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But he refused. |
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Acting on behalf of both the Federal |
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I offered the terrorists |
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...in exchange for the hostages. |
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This offer was rejected. |
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They said, "It is not a question of |
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...but only of the 200 prisoners." |
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PeterJennings is inside |
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...and is observing this |
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Jim, I am almost directly... |
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...over the Israeli building. |
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It will be a famous number before long. |
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It's on Connollystrasse. |
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It does appear to be confirmed... |
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...though anything confirmed today |
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...that these guerrillas are from one |
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...a group called Black September. |
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Continuous delegations go forward. |
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People here are waiting, |
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...the mood becoming more tense. |
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They had set a deadline of noon... |
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...which is just an hour |
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...saying that they were going to kill |
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There were other people involved. |
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A friend of mine was a member |
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...and he also came to negotiate. |
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My overall impression was that |
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...in the possibility |
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In my opinion, from a political |
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I thought and still think that |
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...their whole athletic team be killed |
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I tried to explain these things |
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...but he was very skeptical |
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Israel remained adamant that no deal |
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...but to buy time, |
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...saying they were still awaiting |
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They begged the terrorist leader |
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Issa responded only |
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...one Israeli would be shot |
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...that their demands remained unmet. |
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We were, I think, a little bit naive. |
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The German government |
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...they could negotiate with terrorists. |
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They were thinking |
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...and convince them |
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But there was no way. |
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So the time to get close |
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"It's almost noon. |
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It was like dying |
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A matter of seconds before |
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...the negotiators persuaded Issa |
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The deadline now is 5:00 |
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It is now 1:25 here in Munich. |
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It's about three and a half hours |
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Israeli Olympic Committee in Jerusalem |
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...as being Josef Romano, a 31-year-old |
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I can't believe it for one second |
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Yesterday I received a cassette... |
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...where he said, " HappyJewish |
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...his brothers, the children... |
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A lot of people I meet |
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Schlomit Romano... |
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...when they hear about me |
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...ofJosef Romano from München... |
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...they say, "Oh, you know, |
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I admired your father, |
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All the time I hear new stories |
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...about my father. |
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That's how I know him. |
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Of course, not enough. |
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Like, I can't imagine his voice. |
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I can't imagine him |
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They letJosef Romano die, bleeding to |
| 00:37:04 |
...as a warning if anybody tried to grab |
| 00:37:09 |
...this would be their lot. |
| 00:37:11 |
Nobody has the right to do that. |
| 00:37:21 |
In a way, I didn't like Issa |
| 00:37:25 |
...but I could have liked him |
| 00:37:32 |
He was not violent. I would have |
| 00:37:36 |
Not his compatriots and partners. |
| 00:37:38 |
Walther Tröger |
| 00:37:40 |
They were like... |
| 00:37:41 |
Galgenvogel. |
| 00:37:43 |
But Issa was different from them. |
| 00:37:50 |
We were not only negotiating |
| 00:37:54 |
We also were... |
| 00:37:57 |
...but we were also going into the grounds |
| 00:38:00 |
I said, |
| 00:38:02 |
He said, "We are sorry for you. |
| 00:38:05 |
But you offered us a showcase... |
| 00:38:08 |
...and we have to use this showcase |
| 00:38:12 |
...to so many millions or even billions |
| 00:38:17 |
...who are watching |
| 00:38:19 |
Mark Spitz, |
| 00:38:22 |
...who won seven gold medals |
| 00:38:24 |
...was placed under heavy guard |
| 00:38:28 |
Within hours, Spitz was hustled out |
| 00:38:32 |
Spitz is a Jew, and it was feared |
| 00:38:38 |
Spontaneous demonstrations condemning |
| 00:38:42 |
There was outrage that the Olympic ideal |
| 00:38:46 |
...had been so shamelessly destroyed. |
| 00:38:50 |
But as the day progressed, there was |
| 00:38:55 |
...directed at the International |
| 00:38:57 |
...for refusing to halt the Games |
| 00:39:02 |
The Olympic Committee |
| 00:39:05 |
Very arrogant. |
| 00:39:07 |
They felt something terrible happened, |
| 00:39:12 |
Willi Daume, head of |
| 00:39:15 |
...has announced that the Olympics |
| 00:39:17 |
As of this hour, the Olympics, the Games |
| 00:41:13 |
This is a live shot |
| 00:41:16 |
And we're moving in now |
| 00:41:19 |
...behind which, at this moment, eight or |
| 00:41:24 |
...are being held prisoner. |
| 00:41:26 |
The demands have been many. |
| 00:41:30 |
And this has happened |
| 00:41:33 |
The door opening, the head coming out |
| 00:41:37 |
Within 200 yards of where that |
| 00:41:40 |
Not a formal swimming pool, but |
| 00:41:43 |
...where the athletes lie out |
| 00:41:45 |
That's what they're doing |
| 00:41:48 |
They're swimming, talking of technique |
| 00:41:51 |
And yet this grim, terrible thing |
| 00:41:57 |
There were people running |
| 00:41:59 |
I thought, yeah, you've trained |
| 00:42:02 |
...but it seemed wrong. |
| 00:42:05 |
There was something selfish, |
| 00:42:07 |
...about the atmosphere |
| 00:42:15 |
I didn't hear much |
| 00:42:18 |
I spent my time |
| 00:42:22 |
But after some time I was relieved |
| 00:42:24 |
...where the Israelis |
| 00:42:27 |
I found one of our guys sitting with |
| 00:42:33 |
We began to chat |
| 00:42:36 |
...and told each other |
| 00:42:39 |
But then our leader suddenly came in |
| 00:42:44 |
He didn't want us |
| 00:42:49 |
...in case they tried |
| 00:42:53 |
...and tried to escape. |
| 00:43:20 |
The Germans decided |
| 00:43:23 |
...for them to take the initiative. |
| 00:43:26 |
Food was brought in... |
| 00:43:27 |
...not only with the hope |
| 00:43:30 |
...but in such large quantities |
| 00:43:34 |
The police hoped more than one guerrilla |
| 00:43:38 |
...could be rushed and overpowered. |
| 00:43:40 |
A second hope was the chefs could gain |
| 00:43:45 |
There were no chefs. |
| 00:43:47 |
Mr. Schreiber, and myself... |
| 00:43:49 |
...with two policemen |
| 00:43:52 |
The idea was not |
| 00:43:54 |
The idea was that someone of us... |
| 00:43:57 |
...could enter the room... |
| 00:43:59 |
...because at that time nobody knew |
| 00:44:03 |
The deception had no effect. |
| 00:44:05 |
The negotiators reported |
| 00:44:08 |
...that their plan had failed. |
| 00:44:11 |
The ambassador repeated again |
| 00:44:16 |
The Israeli ambassador |
| 00:44:20 |
...what was going on, and he |
| 00:44:23 |
He got out |
| 00:44:25 |
...and he called |
| 00:44:28 |
General Ulrich K. Wegener... |
| 00:44:30 |
The Israelis, they wanted |
| 00:44:33 |
...which was rejected |
| 00:44:40 |
The prime minister had a long talk |
| 00:44:45 |
And I remember her report saying... |
| 00:44:48 |
...that he refused |
| 00:44:53 |
...will come to Germany |
| 00:44:58 |
Zvi Zamir, Chief of Mossad |
| 00:45:00 |
And the general feeling was that |
| 00:45:04 |
...will take it upon itself... |
| 00:45:08 |
...they are capable |
| 00:45:12 |
...and there is no necessity |
| 00:45:17 |
At the time, |
| 00:45:21 |
And Moshe Dayan spoke |
| 00:45:25 |
...and they insisted that I |
| 00:45:29 |
...to see how the Germans |
| 00:45:34 |
Zvi Zamir immediately |
| 00:45:37 |
...arriving early that same evening. |
| 00:45:47 |
Almost 11 hours |
| 00:45:50 |
...the Olympic Committee finally bowed |
| 00:45:54 |
...and suspended the Games. |
| 00:45:56 |
Some competitions are continuing. |
| 00:45:59 |
But at that time |
| 00:46:01 |
At 10:00 tomorrow morning, |
| 00:46:05 |
...there will be a memorial service |
| 00:46:41 |
The Olympic Games are reduced |
| 00:46:45 |
...and one tantalizing head |
| 00:46:50 |
Something has to happen. |
| 00:47:16 |
It was a kind of... |
| 00:47:17 |
Dan Shilon |
| 00:47:19 |
...a bizarre, |
| 00:47:21 |
...in which we journalists |
| 00:47:23 |
...with every possible camera. |
| 00:47:26 |
Endless cameras |
| 00:47:32 |
It was a great story to many television |
| 00:47:37 |
I mean, the climax |
| 00:47:42 |
And perhaps even some |
| 00:47:45 |
...took a very cynical approach to it... |
| 00:47:47 |
...saying, "Wow! |
| 00:47:52 |
On a lovely late summer afternoon, |
| 00:47:56 |
In just a half an hour, |
| 00:48:11 |
He definitely had |
| 00:48:15 |
Late in the afternoon, |
| 00:48:19 |
...of the apartment |
| 00:48:21 |
...and I saw Andre |
| 00:48:25 |
They asked him, |
| 00:48:27 |
...and what is the situation |
| 00:48:31 |
Andre said, |
| 00:48:34 |
When the Germans asked, "Who is |
| 00:48:39 |
I saw that he was not allowed |
| 00:48:41 |
So he got hit with the butt of the rifle |
| 00:48:45 |
...and pushed away, |
| 00:48:49 |
That was the last time, really, |
| 00:48:59 |
After that, Mr. Genscher said... |
| 00:49:02 |
...he wished to have a direct discussion |
| 00:49:07 |
Then Mr. Schreiber said |
| 00:49:10 |
They said, "No, you are policemen. |
| 00:49:13 |
I said, "All right. Then it's me." |
| 00:49:17 |
...and it was a terrible impression, |
| 00:49:25 |
One was bound to one chair... |
| 00:49:27 |
...and the others were on |
| 00:49:32 |
And then the one |
| 00:49:34 |
...was lying there. |
| 00:49:36 |
The wall was full of blood. |
| 00:49:42 |
I will never be able |
| 00:49:47 |
...full of fear, but also hope. |
| 00:49:52 |
Then we had a discussion... |
| 00:49:54 |
...and the discussion was... |
| 00:49:57 |
...absolutely covered by the... |
| 00:50:06 |
...very depressed mood |
| 00:50:18 |
They wished... |
| 00:50:20 |
...to come to a conclusion |
| 00:50:23 |
...but they were not very hopeful |
| 00:50:52 |
There's been one report attributed to |
| 00:50:54 |
There's been one report attributed to |
| 00:50:56 |
...who said a police lieutenant |
| 00:50:59 |
...about 29 minutes from now, |
| 00:51:01 |
...a volunteer squad of policemen |
| 00:51:04 |
...would storm the Israeli |
| 00:51:07 |
...and would come in shooting. |
| 00:51:10 |
These are the volunteer squad of |
| 00:51:15 |
Because of very complicated laws... |
| 00:51:18 |
...the German army would not |
| 00:51:21 |
There you see an athlete |
| 00:51:23 |
...in which is obviously |
| 00:51:27 |
The commissioner of the police, |
| 00:51:29 |
...selected some policemen, |
| 00:51:32 |
...and asked them... |
| 00:51:34 |
...have you ever shot a gun |
| 00:51:38 |
That was it. |
| 00:51:49 |
Jim, there are now a great many |
| 00:51:53 |
...in athletic uniforms... |
| 00:51:56 |
...moving off |
| 00:51:59 |
I don't want to instigate |
| 00:52:02 |
...but it looks, at this point, like the |
| 00:52:13 |
The plan was for us |
| 00:52:16 |
...of the Connollystrasse building... |
| 00:52:18 |
...and go down the ventilation shafts. |
| 00:52:21 |
Once in position we were to |
| 00:52:24 |
...from the Chief Inspector |
| 00:52:28 |
That's how we would |
| 00:52:49 |
Walking cautiously on the roof... |
| 00:52:51 |
...hopefully not being heard |
| 00:53:10 |
You see how close these two men are. |
| 00:53:20 |
You see he comes out and |
| 00:53:23 |
That's for him |
| 00:53:36 |
Outside our studio here |
| 00:53:39 |
...a crowd estimated |
| 00:53:42 |
...has gathered, |
| 00:53:50 |
This building now swarming |
| 00:53:53 |
...trying to rescue the Israelis. |
| 00:53:57 |
The deadline appears, to us, |
| 00:54:02 |
Anything to report at all, Peter? |
| 00:54:04 |
The commando looks very much |
| 00:54:07 |
...and he certainly has an apprehensive |
| 00:54:12 |
...almost as if they do sense |
| 00:54:22 |
Once again there is a delegation |
| 00:54:25 |
...and the Arab guard, |
| 00:54:28 |
...but in the window slightly down |
| 00:54:40 |
Now we've gotten |
| 00:54:42 |
It is 5:00. |
| 00:54:46 |
The storming, if it is going to happen, |
| 00:54:55 |
We waited and waited, but the |
| 00:54:59 |
...because there was a film crew... |
| 00:55:02 |
...on the East German building |
| 00:55:05 |
...which broadcast live everything |
| 00:55:10 |
Later we discovered that there |
| 00:55:17 |
...and the terrorists had been able... |
| 00:55:21 |
...to watch us preparing |
| 00:55:24 |
Thank God we called it off. |
| 00:55:29 |
It surely would have been |
| 00:55:39 |
If you had told me then that the Germans |
| 00:55:44 |
Gerald Seymour |
| 00:55:46 |
...a trained storm squad, |
| 00:55:48 |
...because everybody in 1972 |
| 00:55:52 |
...by a myth of utter |
| 00:56:09 |
Fourteen minutes to 6:00, |
| 00:56:14 |
We were told not to let the situation |
| 00:56:17 |
...because psychologically that was |
| 00:56:21 |
If the Israeli government still |
| 00:56:28 |
...we had been told |
| 00:56:30 |
...to take us, with the hostages, |
| 00:56:38 |
At 6:00 p.m., the Palestinians |
| 00:56:41 |
They wanted a long-distance jet... |
| 00:56:44 |
...to fly them and their hostages |
| 00:56:49 |
But the German government |
| 00:56:51 |
...decided that we were not |
| 00:56:54 |
...to let foreigners bring out |
| 00:56:57 |
...who came as guests |
| 00:57:00 |
That led to the final conclusion that we |
| 00:57:04 |
...that we'll let them fly out... |
| 00:57:06 |
...but try everything |
| 00:57:10 |
...or bring them into prison... |
| 00:57:13 |
...before they could leave the country. |
| 00:57:17 |
Our aim was to |
| 00:57:21 |
...to wear down the terrorists... |
| 00:57:24 |
...and try to establish the best time |
| 00:57:30 |
That was our objective. |
| 00:57:32 |
The organizers of the Games |
| 00:57:35 |
...to resume as soon as possible. |
| 00:57:39 |
We had to find a resolution |
| 00:57:55 |
To move the thing |
| 00:58:00 |
Zvi Zamir, Chief of Mossad |
| 00:58:02 |
...in order to let |
| 00:58:04 |
...this was their main objective. |
| 00:58:07 |
The Israeli team... |
| 00:58:09 |
...and its rescue |
| 00:58:20 |
The staff group decided |
| 00:58:24 |
...to the public airport of Munich |
| 00:58:27 |
I said, "Listen, that's crazy. |
| 00:58:29 |
...which is not a public airport. " |
| 00:58:32 |
So I proposed to make |
| 00:58:49 |
The police plan revolved around |
| 00:58:52 |
...which was to be left on the runway |
| 00:58:56 |
On board would be a voluntary squad |
| 00:58:59 |
...disguised as flight crew. |
| 00:59:01 |
The Palestinians and Israelis |
| 00:59:04 |
When Issa and his deputy |
| 00:59:07 |
...the fake crew would overcome them. |
| 00:59:09 |
Meanwhile, five snipers positioned |
| 00:59:13 |
...would open fire |
| 00:59:16 |
...and assault vehicles would rush in |
| 00:59:20 |
There were only five snipers |
| 00:59:24 |
...there would be a total |
| 01:00:13 |
This is PeterJennings |
| 01:00:15 |
The Olympic village |
| 01:00:18 |
...and underneath building 31, and |
| 01:00:21 |
...there is a network of roads. |
| 01:00:24 |
Those alleyways |
| 01:00:26 |
...a fairly massive security force, |
| 01:00:30 |
...and just a short while ago, |
| 01:00:33 |
...noticed that there was |
| 01:00:36 |
Over the recent 25 to 30 minutes... |
| 01:00:38 |
...there was a flurry of activity, |
| 01:00:42 |
...and we now have a corridor |
| 01:00:45 |
...available to the Arabs... |
| 01:00:48 |
...should a deal have been made |
| 01:00:50 |
...as now seems likely. |
| 01:00:53 |
So there is a quiet now |
| 01:00:57 |
I didn't feel fear as such. |
| 01:01:00 |
I felt apprehensive, |
| 01:01:03 |
I was afraid of failing. |
| 01:01:18 |
The Palestinians and Israelis |
| 01:01:21 |
...to Furstenfeldbruck Airport. |
| 01:01:24 |
But how would they get themselves |
| 01:01:26 |
...to the helicopters, |
| 01:01:30 |
They decided to walk |
| 01:01:36 |
The police saw |
| 01:01:38 |
...and placed marksmen here... |
| 01:01:41 |
...but Issa insisted |
| 01:01:45 |
So we walked there with one of... |
| 01:01:47 |
...the terrorists behind me |
| 01:01:50 |
...and at that time, some of the gunmen |
| 01:01:55 |
...were lying in the side streets... |
| 01:01:58 |
...and when we approached, |
| 01:02:05 |
So the terrorists immediately |
| 01:02:09 |
...and they decided to use a bus |
| 01:02:24 |
The terrorists brought the Israelis |
| 01:02:26 |
...into an underground car park |
| 01:02:30 |
Robert Thompson, a 24-year-old |
| 01:02:33 |
...saw them leave. |
| 01:02:34 |
So then they brought |
| 01:02:36 |
...and they put seven of the Israelis |
| 01:02:40 |
...and then he went back inside, |
| 01:02:43 |
During this, there was one fellow |
| 01:02:45 |
...with a machine gun, |
| 01:02:49 |
The terrorists had all the guns. |
| 01:02:52 |
They were tied. |
| 01:02:54 |
They had their hands |
| 01:02:56 |
...and plus their hands |
| 01:02:59 |
Then around the back they had ropes, |
| 01:03:59 |
The first man that got out was |
| 01:04:02 |
He got out, went over |
| 01:04:05 |
...and made a complete check |
| 01:04:07 |
He checked in and out, both back, |
| 01:04:12 |
...and when he saw that everything |
| 01:04:15 |
...he signaled, and four hostages |
| 01:04:19 |
...with their hands |
| 01:04:21 |
...and behind them |
| 01:04:23 |
...with some kind of weapon |
| 01:04:25 |
It was quite |
| 01:04:27 |
It wasn't anyJames Bond. |
| 01:04:34 |
It has taken less than five minutes |
| 01:04:37 |
...but in that five minutes |
| 01:04:39 |
...has suddenly been revealed. |
| 01:04:42 |
There are not four guerillas |
| 01:04:45 |
There are eight, and there are |
| 01:04:48 |
...waiting at Furstenfeldbruck Airport. |
| 01:05:00 |
We were standing |
| 01:05:03 |
...as our friends were led handcuffed |
| 01:05:09 |
The terrorists stood there |
| 01:05:11 |
They looked as if they felt like heroes |
| 01:05:15 |
All around, |
| 01:05:19 |
I felt bitter. |
| 01:05:22 |
It's not a movie. |
| 01:05:25 |
It's our people we're talking about! |
| 01:05:32 |
Two were already murdered, and |
| 01:05:40 |
One of the helicopters now proceeds |
| 01:05:44 |
...out over the main stadium |
| 01:05:46 |
The second helicopter |
| 01:05:50 |
...and moving out around |
| 01:05:52 |
...major Olympic tower |
| 01:05:55 |
...to a destination we, of course, |
| 01:06:03 |
And we, with the German team... |
| 01:06:06 |
...we moved to the third helicopter. |
| 01:06:10 |
The third helicopter |
| 01:06:13 |
...right over the Olympic village... |
| 01:06:15 |
...passing now |
| 01:06:17 |
All the lights on |
| 01:06:19 |
...an Olympic site |
| 01:06:21 |
...has been a place of serenity |
| 01:06:24 |
...an Olympic village which, in spite of |
| 01:06:28 |
...and now today has been |
| 01:06:30 |
...by this tragedy. |
| 01:07:16 |
As we were flying... |
| 01:07:18 |
...we began to get the feeling |
| 01:07:21 |
...so we began to prepare ourselves. |
| 01:07:37 |
In the event of an ambush, |
| 01:07:41 |
...with all our strength, |
| 01:07:44 |
We were to do |
| 01:07:49 |
...to defend ourselves |
| 01:08:25 |
The marksmen, |
| 01:08:28 |
...were still only expecting |
| 01:08:31 |
Nobody from the village |
| 01:08:34 |
...that there were now known |
| 01:08:37 |
We rushed quickly |
| 01:08:41 |
...we moved to the second floor. |
| 01:08:42 |
It was dark... |
| 01:08:45 |
There were very many people in |
| 01:08:49 |
...behind the building. |
| 01:08:51 |
From the window we could watch |
| 01:08:56 |
...landing in front of us. |
| 01:09:07 |
Just as the helicopters... |
| 01:09:08 |
...bearing the Palestinians |
| 01:09:11 |
...the police squad |
| 01:09:14 |
...fearing that |
| 01:09:16 |
...took a vote |
| 01:09:20 |
It was quite simply |
| 01:09:23 |
...and we unanimously voted |
| 01:09:26 |
And this was seconds before... |
| 01:09:30 |
...seconds before |
| 01:09:35 |
I told the minister, |
| 01:09:38 |
...this will blow the whole affair." |
| 01:09:42 |
The Germans had marksmen |
| 01:09:46 |
...and marksmen at ground level... |
| 01:09:48 |
...but they had no communications |
| 01:09:51 |
They were just briefed to shoot. |
| 01:09:53 |
When the first marksmen opened fire, |
| 01:09:56 |
...but there was |
| 01:09:59 |
Some of us got out of |
| 01:10:04 |
...but others waited inside it with |
| 01:10:09 |
We told them that it was in everybody's |
| 01:10:17 |
Now, the leader of the team, |
| 01:10:21 |
...went to check the aircraft. |
| 01:10:25 |
The Palestinians |
| 01:10:28 |
...the whole crew, |
| 01:10:30 |
...and were yelling. |
| 01:10:32 |
They were, of course, excited. |
| 01:10:39 |
As the leader returned |
| 01:10:42 |
...the whole area suddenly lit up... |
| 01:10:45 |
...and an enormous |
| 01:10:52 |
So we all opened fire in the direction |
| 01:11:09 |
And a key marksman was moving |
| 01:11:12 |
...to another, blocked by a pillar... |
| 01:11:14 |
Gerald Seymour |
| 01:11:15 |
...to get into another shooting position |
| 01:11:18 |
...and therefore missed the crucial shot |
| 01:11:22 |
Issa managed to get back to the cover |
| 01:11:26 |
Sniper Two was more successful, |
| 01:11:32 |
Snipers Three and Four opened fire |
| 01:11:36 |
...guarding the helicopters... |
| 01:11:38 |
...but inexplicably |
| 01:11:41 |
Sniper Five did not fire |
| 01:11:44 |
Because the helicopters had been |
| 01:11:48 |
...he found himself |
| 01:11:50 |
...of his fellow marksmen |
| 01:11:53 |
Like the others, he had not been |
| 01:11:56 |
...or steel helmet and found himself |
| 01:12:00 |
Meanwhile, a policeman standing |
| 01:12:04 |
...was killed when a stray bullet |
| 01:12:08 |
They weren't capable. |
| 01:12:10 |
I can tell you that I doubt |
| 01:12:12 |
...were really snipers |
| 01:12:16 |
One was lying on the roof... |
| 01:12:19 |
...not far away from us. |
| 01:12:20 |
He wasn't firing |
| 01:12:23 |
But they didn't see it. |
| 01:12:27 |
Unbelievable. |
| 01:12:31 |
The latest word |
| 01:12:33 |
...is that, quote, "All hell |
| 01:12:36 |
...that there is still shooting going on... |
| 01:12:38 |
...but all seems to be confusion. |
| 01:12:40 |
Nothing is nailed down. |
| 01:12:42 |
We have no idea what has happened |
| 01:12:46 |
The leader was now |
| 01:12:49 |
...but his deputy |
| 01:12:52 |
I crawled over to him |
| 01:12:59 |
My gun flew from my hand. |
| 01:13:02 |
I tried to grab his gun |
| 01:13:08 |
...but I just couldn't do it. |
| 01:13:10 |
And I only hope that our people... |
| 01:13:12 |
...and the Israelis, that they could |
| 01:13:15 |
...but they had tied them together |
| 01:13:17 |
...and so they couldn't leave |
| 01:13:31 |
The entire area |
| 01:13:34 |
...heavily armed troops with dogs, |
| 01:13:37 |
We tried to approach, were stopped by |
| 01:13:41 |
...and he said, " Do not come closer. |
| 01:13:43 |
They're heavily armed. |
| 01:13:48 |
But it's total confusion out there. |
| 01:13:51 |
Just about everybody |
| 01:13:53 |
...got into their cars |
| 01:13:56 |
They've clogged the roads. |
| 01:13:57 |
Police reinforcements |
| 01:14:00 |
...because all of these people |
| 01:14:03 |
...clogging up the roads. |
| 01:14:04 |
Just absolute confusion. |
| 01:14:11 |
Then I decided to try and find |
| 01:14:14 |
...and then we said... |
| 01:14:16 |
Zvi Zamir, Chief of Mossad |
| 01:14:18 |
"What else? |
| 01:14:20 |
Then he said |
| 01:14:23 |
...for armored cars to arrive... |
| 01:14:25 |
...from somewhere near Munich. |
| 01:14:30 |
The police had forgotten |
| 01:14:33 |
...to come to the airport earlier... |
| 01:14:35 |
...and it was only now, |
| 01:14:38 |
...that they radioed to Munich |
| 01:14:41 |
But because the roads |
| 01:14:44 |
...they did not arrive at the scene |
| 01:14:47 |
...by which time |
| 01:14:50 |
Still no word... |
| 01:14:52 |
...the word we really want, |
| 01:15:01 |
We asked them to let us |
| 01:15:04 |
...and try to negotiate |
| 01:15:10 |
They refused at the beginning... |
| 01:15:11 |
...but then they said, |
| 01:15:15 |
We went up on top of the roof... |
| 01:15:17 |
...and we started to speak Arabic |
| 01:15:22 |
Their reply was clear, |
| 01:15:25 |
They opened fire on the building. |
| 01:15:28 |
General Ulrich K. Wegener... |
| 01:15:29 |
They fired at the tower, |
| 01:15:33 |
...and he touched down |
| 01:15:38 |
Very funny, |
| 01:15:44 |
One of the surviving terrorists |
| 01:15:47 |
...heading straight for Sniper Five. |
| 01:15:49 |
As the terrorist ran towards him, |
| 01:15:53 |
...fired his only shots of the night... |
| 01:15:55 |
...point-blank |
| 01:15:58 |
Seeing these shots... |
| 01:15:59 |
...police reinforcements |
| 01:16:02 |
...with no knowledge of the precise |
| 01:16:06 |
...mistakenly identified Sniper Five |
| 01:16:10 |
...who had fled for cover beside him |
| 01:16:12 |
...and opened fire on them. |
| 01:16:15 |
Both were seriously wounded. |
| 01:16:22 |
At midnight |
| 01:16:25 |
...of the spokesman |
| 01:16:27 |
...who said all the Israelis are saved... |
| 01:16:30 |
...and all the terrorists are dead. |
| 01:16:33 |
Conrad Ahlers |
| 01:16:34 |
I'm very glad that, as far as we can see now, |
| 01:16:39 |
Of course, |
| 01:16:42 |
...of the Olympic Games... |
| 01:16:44 |
...but, I mean, if all that comes out... |
| 01:16:48 |
...as we hope it will come out |
| 01:16:51 |
I think it will be forgotten |
| 01:17:05 |
Ankie Spitzer... |
| 01:17:07 |
People all over Holland were calling me... |
| 01:17:09 |
A neighbor came to us |
| 01:17:12 |
Alex Springer... |
| 01:17:14 |
...and we all... |
| 01:17:15 |
...was very glad and happy... |
| 01:17:17 |
...and I think that I went to sleep. |
| 01:17:20 |
Then the Israeli ambassador |
| 01:17:24 |
"Ankie, I just heard the news. |
| 01:17:26 |
Congratulations, |
| 01:17:28 |
...and everything is okay." |
| 01:17:34 |
Originally they said |
| 01:17:37 |
Now that has been changed... |
| 01:17:39 |
...and an Olympic spokesman said... |
| 01:17:41 |
"We are afraid the information |
| 01:17:45 |
That's where we seem to stand. |
| 01:17:49 |
So I called the Olympic village. |
| 01:17:51 |
I called every half-hour, and every |
| 01:17:55 |
...and at 3:00 in the morning I said... |
| 01:17:57 |
"If you know that something happened, |
| 01:18:00 |
...because I'm not Hercules. |
| 01:18:02 |
I have been waiting |
| 01:18:04 |
...and now it's 3:00 the next morning. |
| 01:18:06 |
I just want to know |
| 01:18:09 |
We keep hearing |
| 01:18:11 |
...thatJohnny Klein |
| 01:18:20 |
After almost two hours of fighting... |
| 01:18:22 |
...one of the surviving Palestinians |
| 01:18:25 |
...into the eastern helicopter. |
| 01:18:27 |
The helicopter was refueled... |
| 01:18:29 |
...and within minutes... |
| 01:18:31 |
...the helicopter |
| 01:18:36 |
...was in fire. |
| 01:18:38 |
Simultaneously, |
| 01:18:40 |
...sprayed a full clip of bullets |
| 01:18:44 |
Then there was silence. |
| 01:18:47 |
And I told the minister... |
| 01:18:48 |
"I think I have to go to look |
| 01:18:51 |
And then I went to the captain |
| 01:18:56 |
...and said, |
| 01:18:59 |
You have to move your people there. |
| 01:19:01 |
You pull out the hostages |
| 01:19:05 |
...and do something." |
| 01:19:07 |
They didn't do anything. |
| 01:19:12 |
It was... |
| 01:19:13 |
It was a really tragic story... |
| 01:19:17 |
...and so we could only look, |
| 01:19:20 |
And when after... |
| 01:19:23 |
You could hear them yelling, |
| 01:19:26 |
We've just gotten the final word. |
| 01:19:28 |
When I was a kid, |
| 01:19:30 |
"Our greatest hopes and our |
| 01:19:32 |
Our worst fears |
| 01:19:35 |
They have now said |
| 01:19:38 |
Two were killed in their rooms... |
| 01:19:41 |
...yesterday morning. |
| 01:19:43 |
Nine were killed |
| 01:19:47 |
They're all gone. |
| 01:23:47 |
That afternoon, |
| 01:23:51 |
The surviving members |
| 01:23:53 |
...flew home with their dead. |
| 01:23:57 |
The bodies of the five |
| 01:24:00 |
...were handed over to Libya, |
| 01:24:30 |
Mohammed Safady, Aged 19 |
| 01:24:31 |
The three surviving terrorists |
| 01:24:33 |
Adnan Al Gashey, Aged 27 |
| 01:24:34 |
Jamal Al Gashey, Aged 18 |
| 01:24:37 |
Seven weeks later, |
| 01:24:40 |
...en route from Beirut to Frankfurt |
| 01:24:43 |
The hijackers demanded the release |
| 01:24:47 |
Acting with indecent haste and without |
| 01:24:52 |
...the Germans |
| 01:24:57 |
The circumstances |
| 01:25:00 |
...have long been thought suspicious. |
| 01:25:02 |
Why were only 12 passengers |
| 01:25:06 |
Why no women or children? |
| 01:25:08 |
Why such haste in agreeing |
| 01:25:12 |
For the first time, one of |
| 01:25:15 |
...has revealed |
| 01:25:18 |
...organized by the German government |
| 01:25:22 |
The Germans thought |
| 01:25:24 |
...they would prevent future |
| 01:25:27 |
...and dispose the embarrassing evidence |
| 01:25:33 |
I think... |
| 01:25:34 |
I think it's probably true, yes. |
| 01:25:40 |
At this time, |
| 01:25:43 |
Really. |
| 01:25:44 |
Hans Jochen Vogel |
| 01:25:46 |
On such questions, Willy Brandt, |
| 01:25:49 |
...always made this gesture. |
| 01:25:54 |
I can't say and do more. |
| 01:26:03 |
29th October 1972 |
| 01:26:06 |
Did you shoot |
| 01:26:09 |
It's not important to say |
| 01:26:15 |
What do you think you achieved? |
| 01:26:24 |
One would have... |
| 01:26:27 |
...by the world... |
| 01:26:30 |
Are those your words? |
| 01:26:35 |
- Of course. |
| 01:26:36 |
They have made their voice heard |
| 01:26:40 |
...who has not been hearing before. |
| 01:26:49 |
I'm proud of what I did at Munich... |
| 01:26:52 |
...because it helped |
| 01:26:55 |
Before Munich the world had no idea |
| 01:26:59 |
...but on that day the name of"Palestine" |
| 01:27:11 |
It was only a year and three months |
| 01:27:18 |
But I remember that year |
| 01:27:21 |
...and most wonderful year of my life. |
| 01:27:33 |
This is the grave |
| 01:27:36 |
He was the athletics coach. |
| 01:27:38 |
He had four little children, |
| 01:27:43 |
And here is Kehat Shorr. |
| 01:27:46 |
He was the shooting coach. |
| 01:27:52 |
Eliezer Halfin was a wrestler... |
| 01:27:54 |
...and so was Mark Slavin, |
| 01:28:02 |
And here's my father's grave. |
| 01:28:06 |
Anouk Spitzer... |
| 01:28:07 |
And it says on it his name: Andre Spitzer. |
| 01:28:10 |
It says, "Son ofTibor, |
| 01:28:14 |
...murdered by... Killed by murderers... |
| 01:28:17 |
...in the Olympic Games in Munich... |
| 01:28:19 |
...as a representative |
| 01:28:23 |
Then it says his date of birth |
| 01:28:28 |
And I always bring him sunflowers |
