your release. did you think back then that 100% looking at 444 days of this? >> no. once we were captured, we thought it was just a matter of hours before the local government, the host government frankly under international law it's up to the host government to protect diplomats and instead of doing that, the iranian government participated and sanctioned the takeover and ultimately the holding of us for 444 days. we would set artificial targets. our birthdays or important holidays to us whether it was christmas or easter or independence day. and then it dragged on for a full year. the one-year anniversary of our captivity was actually election day here in the u.s. we would be held for another ten weeks before being freed on january 20th, 1981, after 444 days. >> i remember that you had to endure thanksgiving and christmas and then another thanksgiving and christmas and