Flashbacks - Episode 45 - 1972 Olympic Games
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THE OLYMPIC GAMES ARE HELD EVERY FOUR YEARS THE 1972 OLYMPIC GAMES WERE HELD IN MUNICH, GERMANY. THESE GAMES CAPTURED THE SPIRIT MORE THAN ANY OTHER GAMES. TERRORISM IT BECAME INFAMOUS AT DAWN SEPTEMBER 5, 972 WHEN 8 PALETINIAN GUNMEN SLIPPED INTO THE OLYMPIC VILLED AND STORMED THE ISRAELI QUARTERS KILLING 2 ATHLETES PLUS TAKING 9 ATHLETES AND OFFICALS AS HOSTAGES. AFTER A FIRE-FIGHT, ALL HOSTAGES WERE KILLED, FIVE OF THE GUNMEN AND ONE POLICEMAN. MOURNING THE WORLD MOURNED THE HOSTAGES DEATH. FAMILIES OF THE HOSTAGE SORT COMPENSATION AND APOLOFY FROM THE BAVARIAN GOVERNMENT FOR THE BOTCHED OPERATION.