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Me and mom and dad to get off the airplane. >> i remember getting off the plane. it was good again. it was great again. >> shortly after their arrival on u.s. soil, the hostages are honored with a parade down new yorks canyon of heros. >> you could see new yorkers were just so happy to see us. it became a national parade, and it really meant something to all of us. it was at that time we got the idea that we werent forgotten. coming up, a bus load of kids held hostage by a desperate man with p...

Horrendous environment for someone to be in. >> on close up this morning, american hostage roy hallums. he was snatched in baghdad nearly two months ago. on tuesday a videotape merged showing hallums pleading for his life. >> im please asking for help because my life is in danger. >> proof of life video is just that. its going to show anybody who is interested, whether it be family, whether it be law enforcement, that we have this person and hes alive. >> they take the mask off. on my left there...

President of the united states giving them free passage back to vietnam. they wanted a helicopter big enough to take them and the hostages so vietnam. >> as day turns to night, the gunmen show they are serious about their demands by wounding a hostage. >> they shot a man in the leg and sent him out to tell us if we didnt provide what they wanted, they were going to start shooting hostages. >> they want three bulletproof jackets, a helicopter, and firearms. they already shot me. >> listen up or t...

Sacramento. as their officers went to attempt to arrest him, he very abruptly grabbed his second cousin, who would be dubbed jack pot by the s.w.a.t. team. >> the boy with the code name jack pot is michael pitman jr. hes the son of alvarezs cousin. now the 16-month-old is a hostage whose fate lies in the hands of a man who is armed and dangerous. police surround the apartment and get the gunman on the phone. but negotiations go nowhere. >> tell them to stop trying to make advancements because th...

Girlfriend were all waiting for me and mom and dad, to get off the airplane. >> i remember getting off the plane. there im plet by barbara and the kids. it was good again. it was great again. >> shortly after their arrival on u.s. soil, the hostages are honored with a parade down new york citys canyon of heroes. >> you could see new yorkers were just so happy to see us. it became a national parade, and it really meant something to all of us. it was at that time we got the idea that we werent for...

>> i was starting across the parking lot, and i just heard pop, pop, pop. [ gunshots firing ] which was the hostage taker going down the line shooting hostages. my heart dropped all the way to my toes when that started taking place. [ gunshots firing ] >> with gunfire spraying in every direction, deputy sheriff john mcguinness quickly moves a tethered hostage to safety. >> as that shot was fired and the glass broke, it instantaneously changed everything. now all the sudden it was intense. it was...

As their officers went to attempt to arrest him, he very abruptly grabbed his second cousin, who would later be dubbed jackpot by the s.w.a.t. team. >> the boy with the code name jackpot is michael pittman junior. hes the son of alvarezs cousin. now the 16-month-old is a hostage whose fate lies in the hands of a man who is armed and dangerous. police surround the apartment and get the gunman on the phone. but negotiations go nowhere. >> tell them to stop trying to make advancements because the c...

They wanted a letter from the president of the united states giving them free passage back to vietnam. and they wanted a helicopter big enough to take them and the hostages to vietnam. >> as day turns to night, the gunmen show they are serious about their demands by wounding a hostage. >> they shot a man in the leg and sent him out to tell us if we didnt provide what they wanted, they were going to start shooting hostages. >> they want three bullet proof jackets, a helicopter, and firearms. they...

Trying to kill me. >> an eight-hour standoff explodes in a burst of gunfire. >> i was starting across the parking lot, and i just heard pop, pop, pop. >> a bus load of children forced on a chase through the streets of miami by a desperate man. >> translator: he said if she didnt continue driving, he would blow up the bus. >> and 52 americans held against their will for more than a year. >> theyd come into your cell at night and say, we could kill you. caught on camera: hostage. >> 911 emergenc...