00:00Oh, guys, do you hear that?
00:15What's going on?
00:15Do we have eyes on these choppers?
00:17Come on, show me something.
00:19Howard, do you have eyes on the choppers?
00:22Guys, I'm blind here. Come on.
00:26Yeah, Howard, we've got you loud and clear.
00:28I see them. Two choppers approaching from southeast.
00:34Howard, where exactly are you? Are you inside the village?
00:37Yes, I'm at gate six.
00:39They let me in after the boxing match.
00:41Ran into Gary here. I'm taking over his channel.
00:44They're talking about a bus now.
00:47A bus escorting them to the helicopters.
00:50Howard, are the police clearing out the area?
00:52No, it's packed.
00:53There are people with cameras everywhere.
00:56It's like Elvis has landed.
00:58They'll use the parking level below the apartments.
01:03There's the next staircase, building 12.
01:07Howard, look behind you. Do you see a staircase?
01:09Uh, yeah.
01:10Okay, go down it and look for a bus.
01:13Got it.
01:14The lighting the hallway's on.
01:15Looks like they're leaving the apartment and using the inner staircase.
01:20I'm in the parking area and it's a complete madhouse down there.
01:24Police and press are everywhere.
01:26There's men with cameras next to men with guns.
01:29Put him on the air.
01:30There's no connector.
01:33Hash this mic through to the air.
01:35Get him on the air.
01:35Uh, yeah.
01:38You got it?
01:39Yeah.
01:39Yeah.
01:41Uh, Jim, Pete, I'm just looping Howard in here.
01:43Good.
01:44Go.
01:46Howard, we're putting you live on the air with Jim and Peter.
01:48Word is they're flying out both the hostages and the terrorists.
01:52Let's hear Peter Jennings on this.
01:54Thank you, Jim.
01:55My colleagues and I are scrambling to put the pieces together, but Howard Cosell is currently on location.
02:01Howard, this is Peter.
02:02Do you have something to report from there?
02:04Howard, go ahead.
02:05I certainly do, Peter.
02:06I'm in the parking garage.
02:08Terrorists and hostages are arriving.
02:10Their hands tied together.
02:11The police are here in almost platoon-like numbers.
02:14We're building up to what I think will be quite the climax.
02:18Okay, the bus just came in.
02:20They're bringing the hostages to the bus.
02:22The terrorists have submachine guns.
02:24Pushing the young athletes onto the bus.
02:26According to unconfirmed reports, Cairo was named as the flight destination.
02:30There are helicopters waiting to bring the hostages and the terrorists to a military airport for the changeover.
02:37This is Tower.
02:38I have eyes on the bus.
02:40Jim, I just ran onto the bridge.
02:43I can see them.
02:44One Arab is getting out.
02:46Flashes from the cameras are hitting him from every direction.
02:49He almost looks like a rock star walking on stage.
02:51Now I can see the Israelis.
02:54I hear something.
02:55People shouting from the windows and balconies.
02:57But I don't know what it is.
03:02It's Shalom.
03:03The Hebrew word for peace.
03:05The propellers are turning and the chopper is lifting off.
03:15These Israeli athletes are leaving the Olympic village.
03:17Not as free and proud competitors of their country.
03:21But as victims of a brutal act of terror.
03:25The first helicopter now proceeding out over the main Olympic stadium.
03:29Flying around this tremendously high Olympic tower.
03:32Flying to what seems like the last chapter of the nerve-wracking day.
03:36The end is here.
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