Munich
Best place we went to
since we've been here.
Definitely, man.
Way to go, buddy.
Brother.
You guys coming back to my
place? All right. Let's go.
Hey!
Aw shame, shame.
Closing down the beer garden.
Hundred-meter dash powered
by knackwurst and lager.
Where are you guys from?
What's your event?
They don't speak English,
man.
Let's help them over.
Come on. Up?
Here you go.
Let's go.
I got you. Come on.
Up. Yeah. All right?
You guys take care.
See you.
Take it easy.
See you.
You're taking
the grade tomorrow.
Watch yourself, man.
I'm Jim McKay
speaking to you live...
at this moment,
from ABC headquarters...
just outside the Olympic
village in Munich, West Germany.
The peace of what have been
called the "serene Olympics"...
was shattered just before dawn
this morning, about 5.:00.
There is great uncertainty
about how many Israelis...
are being held hostage
in the apartment.
It now appears that Black September
has tossed a piece of paper...
out the window.
A list of demands.
They want what they call
"the Israeli war machine"...
to release 200 Arabs, which it
insists are political prisoners...
or the hostages
will be killed.
The terrorist communiqu ends
with an appeal...
for revolutionaries
of the world to unite.
McKAY:
This is buildingnumber 31. At this moment...
eight or nine terrified
living human beings...
are being held prisoner.
The demands have been many-
There's someone right now.
This certainly has to be
one of the guerrillas.
A man with a stocking mask
on his face. Weird.
What's going on inside
that head and that mind?
Just a short
while ago, there was...
another in this long series
of negotiations.
The spokesman for the group
came out, spoke, went back.
It seems to be a process
of speak and consultation.
McKAY:
Does it mean it's all right?Or does it mean it's all over?
Come and get us.
the German army...
because of very
complicated laws...
would not be allowed
to participate.
And there you see an athlete
holding a canvas bag...
in which is obviously
a machine gun.
Peter Jennings, once again,
is stationed...
inside the Olympic village.
With the naked eye, Peter...
what do you see now?
Jim, there are
now a great many...
maybe a dozen already,
in athletic uniforms.
Stop!
It now appears that the siege
of the apartment building...
where the hostages are being
held has been called off...
and the German police
are retreating from the area.
Officials seem to have decided
to abandon their plans...
when the leader of the fedayeen
came out of the building...
and demanded
they call off the siege...
pointing out
that the entire operation...
was being watched
on a television set...
within the apartment.
Apparently, new demands have
been made to move the fedayeen...
and their hostages,
though it isn't yet known...
when or where
this might occur.
This is Peter.
Do you have something...
to report to us
from where you are?
This is Cosell.
I certainly do, Peter.
We have an immense flurry
of action here.
Suddenly, in the whole area between
building 20 and building 12...
they have been clearing
out cars.
Obviously wary of an assault
from the German police...
...within
five minutes.
What I'm hearing
from here is that...
they're heading to an airport
called Frstenfeldbruck.
...says the chopper
just landed...
at the back
of the Olympic village here.
Can you see gate number seven?
This is Vance Kolvig.
What I have seen are...
four hostages
in one helicopter...
and it looks like five hostages
in the first helicopter.
Yes, I just got back
and it was obvious
that something...
quite serious
was going on out there.
Here we are, outside the
gates. There are armored cars...
police cars...
Police are pouring in through
the gates with lights flashing...
and here come some more. Five,
Seven armored cars have gone
They're mounting
a major invasion.
The latest word we get
from the airport is that...
quote, "all hell has broken
loose out there. "
It's just arrived, Peter.
The bus has arrived...
to the helicopters.
We have reports now...
that all the hostages,
all nine hostages are safe.
We repeat, we have confirmed,
it's just past 1.:00 a. m.
The fighting ceased
at midnight.
Well, that's at least 24
we've seen go in...
and now we can see
the lights flashing...
There was a terrible battle at
the airport, but the hostages...
somehow the hostages are safe.
And, according to these
reports, all Arab terrorists...
have died by German gunfire.
Originally it was said
that the hostages were safe...
but now that has been changed.
An Olympic spokesman
said that...
CIOFFl:
Of the areas in theworld, this is one of the areas...
their young people...
on wars.
Now they have a chance to build
their nations. These nations...
And, of course, they're compatible.
The Arabs and the Israelis...
are perfectly compatible
as far as I can tell.
And now, as you say, Peter,
you're quite right.
They've been jolted apart
again, as they were...
seeming to come just a little
closer. Little hope.
We've just gotten the final
word. When I was a kid...
my father used to say our greatest
hopes and our worst fears...
are seldom realized. Our worst
fears have been realized tonight.
They've now said that
there were 11 hostages.
Two were killed
in their rooms...
yesterday morning.
Nine were killed
at the airport tonight.
They're all gone.
...before a quiet
crowd of 80,000.
After the ceremony,
the surviving team...
saw the coffins
loaded onto an airplane
to bring them home together.
Enormous crowds also gathered
on Dizengoff Street...
and in Jerusalem on the plaza
in front of the Knesset.
People are weeping,
tearing their clothes.
The funerals, which will be
held tomorrow in Jerusalem...
are expected to draw
tens of thousands of mourners.
These are the names of the
members of the Israeli team...
at the Munich Olympics,
who were held hostage...
beaten, and finally murdered
by Arab terrorists.
Yosef Gottfreund.
Eliezaar Halfen.
Yakov Springer.
Dr. Wadi Haddad.
Abu Daoud.
Mahmoud Hamshari.
Andre Spitzer.
Zeev Friedman.
Kehat Schur.
Wael Zwaiter.
Dr. Basil al-Kubaisi.
Kamal Nasser.
Mark Slavin.
Amitzur Shapira.
David Berger.
Kemal Adwan.
Abu Youssef.
Mohammed Boudia.
Yosef Romano.
Moshe Weinberg.
Hussein al-Chir.
Ali Hassan Salameh.
As all of Israel mourns, of
course everyone says prayers...
for the people...
I tried not to think
about you, but I couldn't.
...a very private, terrible grief
in the days and years to come.
I have the world's most boring
job. What's going to happen to me?
Well, they were just athletes.
They went to the Olympics.
Look what happened
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