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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 ....
Then on january 20th, 1981, there s finally a break. good evening. on the 444th and final day of the hostage crisis. i, ronald reagan, do solemnly swear minutes after president reagan s inaugural address, the hostages are released. a dark chapter in the nation s history has ended. they re coming home. all of us got on the plane. counted, made sure everybody is there. there s no high fives. there s no screaming. i mean, people are still in shock. and still concerned that this is really going to happen. the hostages head to the united states where they reunite with the families they haven t seen in more than a year. the emotional moments are caught on camera and carried live on tv. my brothers sisters, my ....
And then months, the hostages wonder if the outside world has forgotten about them. but actually the hostage crisis remains a lead story. the american embassy in tehran is in the hands of muslim students. during the ninth day of the crisis over the hostages in iran. on the 49th day of the military takeover. the militants who have held hostages for 124 days. this is the 300th day of their captivity. about six months into the crisis, there s a rescue attempt. operation eagle claw is a disaster. the mission is aborted. 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, ....
Impossible. then on january 20th, 1981, there s finally a break. good evening. on the 444th and final day of the hostage crisis. i, ronald reagan, do solemnly swear minutes after president reagan s inaugural address, the hostages are released. a dark chapter in the nation s history has ended. they re coming home. all of us got on the plane. counted to make sure everybody is there. there is no high five ls. there s no screaming. i mean, people are still in shock. and still concerned that this is really going to happen. the hostages head to the united states where they reunite with families they haven t seen in more than a year. the emotional moments are caught on camera and carried live on tv. my brothers, sister, girlfriend were all waiting for ....
And then months, the hostages wonder if the outside world has forgotten about them. but actually the hostage crisis remains a lead story. the american embassy is in the hands of muslim students. during the ninth day of the crisis over the hostages in iran. on the 49th day of the military takeover. the militants who have held hostages for 124 days. this is the 300th day of their captivity. about six months into the crisis, there s a rescue attempt. operation eagle claw is a disaster. the mission is aborted. as american forces are on their way out of iran, a helicopter crashing into a c130 killing eight americans. it s an embarrassment for jimmy carter. afterwards they scatter them across the country to make a second rescue attempt nearly impossible. then on january 20th, 1981, ....