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From the column: "I read the inscription that said it was a memorial to the 11 Israeli athletes and coaches killed at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. This startled me. It became even more frightening and personal as I read the list of the fallen and my name was there."
Munich Massacre Contents In what became known as the Munich Massacre, eight terrorists wearing tracksuits and carrying gym bags filled with grenades and assault rifles, breached the Olympic Village at the Summer Games in Munich before dawn on September 5, 1972. The terrorists, associated with Black September, an extremist faction of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, entered the apartment complex where Israeli athletes were staying. Once inside, they murdered two members of the Israeli team and took nine others hostage. Audiences around the world then watched in horror as the internatio...