forgotten about them. actually, the hostage crisis remains a lead story. >> the american embassy in tehran is in the hand of muslim students tonight. >> during the ninth day of the crisis over the hostages in iran -- >> on the 49th day of the embassy takeover -- >> the militants who have held the hostages for 124 days. >> this is the 300th day of their captivity. >> about six months into the crisis, there's a rescue attempt, but operation eagle claw is a disaster. the mission is aborted, and as american forces are on their way out of iran, a helicopter crashes into a c-130 killing eight american servicemen. it's an embarrassment for president jimmy carter. afterwards they scatter the hostages across the country to make a second rescue attempt nearly impossible. >> then on january 20th, 1981 --
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