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(TRIUMPHANT MUSIC PLAYING)

ANNOUNCER:

The 1972 Summer Olympics!

Nine days ago,

the nations of the world marched

into the Olympic Stadium

in Munich, West Germany.

And you were there live

for this historical moment!

It was a starting signal

for a peaceful

post-w*r Germany...

(STARTING g*n FIRES)

...to share itself

with the world

and an Olympics

full of sporting sensations.

Now that more than half

of the competition days

are over,

we at ABC Sports,

show you how these pictures

make their way

from here in Munich

to your home overseas.

The games of '72

are the first in history

to be broadcast live

via satellite across the world.

An unprecedented

technical apparatus

was set up

by the German organizers,

and ABC Sports

has live cameras everywhere.

We even placed one

on the Olympic Tower,

which gives us

a nice aerial overview

of the entire Olympic Village.

Hey look, that's us!

From here, we send everything

to the bird,

as we call this technical marvel

orbiting Earth,

allowing us to bring

the Games to you

live and in color.

But daytime for you

means night shift for us.

And we're operating

around the clock here in Munich

to ensure you don't miss

a single moment of the action.

Stay tuned

for many more highlights

in the final days

of these glorious Olympics.

(STARTING g*n FIRES)

(CROWD CHEERS)

COMMENTATOR: That's a good start

for Mark Spitz.

DONALD:

Okay, now cam two in position.

Cam two.

Cam six.

COMMENTATOR:

Now Spitz takes the lead.

DONALD: Cam one.

Underwater cams.

COMMENTATOR: Look at that style.

Those powerful moves.

DONALD: Cut to 1.

COMMENTATOR:

Spitz leaves the German swimmer

far behind.

DONALD: Now 2.

COMMENTATOR: He is about

to write Olympic history here

by winning

his seventh gold medal.

DONALD: Cam one, tighten in.

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

(CROWD CHEERS)

COMMENTATOR:

And he did it! Spitz wins!

Yes!

Get ready

for Spitz's close-up.

No, go to the German first.

Sure?

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

Cam two, change of plans.

Give me the German swimmer.

COMMENTATOR:

Werner Lampe is devastated.

He even shaved his hair

for this.

DONALD: Cam two, pan to Spitz.

COMMENTATOR:

But nothing stops history.

Spitz climbs out of the pool

and runs towards his parents.

I can't believe it! Solid gold.

Tighter.

DONALD:

All right, six, run over there.

Back him up, Charley.

Put six in preview.

That's it, hold it.

Now take six.

(CROWD CHEERING)

(MUSIC FADES)

COMMENTATOR 1:

Finland was well represented

at these Olympic Games.

(PENCIL SCRIBBLING)

COMMENTATOR 1:

They were somewhat favorites

but they were not expected

to do as well as they did...

(GEOFF SIGHS)

...as you will see...

(PHONE RINGING)

(NEWS REPORT PLAYING

OVER MONITOR)

GEOFF: Hello?

RECEPTIONIST:

Good morning, Mr. Mason,

this is your wakeup call.

GEOFF: Thanks,

I'm already awake.

COMMENTATOR 2:

...Virn immediately got up

and began to run again.

Turned out to be a key moment.

Because at the end of the race,

who was it? It was Virn,

the man who fell,

not only racing to victory,

but setting a new world record

for the event.

Lasse Virn,

the policeman from Finland.

("FORTUNATE SON"

PLAYING OVER RADIO)

It ain't me

I ain't no millionaire's son

No, no

It ain't me, it ain't me

I ain't no fortunate one, no

(BIRDS CHIRPING IN DISTANCE)

(CAR BRAKE SCREECHING)

(SONG STOPS ABRUPTLY)

(PARKING BRAKE RATCHETS)

(SIGHS)

(BIRDS CONTINUE CHIRPING

IN DISTANCE)

(DOOR CLOSES)

MARVIN: Would you please

prep all captions

for, uh, swimming

and basketball?

Hey, Geoff?

Hmm?

Thank you.

TECHNICIAN: Sure.

You were supposed to be here

before the show ends.

Hey, I'm a minute

and 30 seconds early.

MARVIN: Right.

Oh, in New York,

I'm five hours early.

That's funny,

because if you screw this up,

I'm the one

in trouble with Roone.

So we need

to go over the schedule.

Day starts

with volleyball, 09:30,

Group D, covered by C Unit,

while B preps for

the soccer pre-match at 10:30.

All right,

all right. You got it.

(INDISTINCT DISTANT CHATTER)

What?

Are you going on a date?

Just got off one.

Your wife says hello.

JIM: (OVER MONITOR)

...Jim McKay speaking to you...

AC is broken.

Ooh.

JIM: ...and this concludes

our daily report here

at the 20th Summer Olympics.

It's now 4:00 a.m.

here in Munich...

(TAPE MACHINE BUZZING)

...and soon the competition

will begin again.

DONALD: Jim,

set up the Spitz presser.

Mark Spitz, the American athlete

who set

an all-time Olympic record

by winning seven gold medals,

will be interviewed tomorrow,

only here, on ABC Sp--

(TECHNICIAN GROANS)

Come on, not again!

Jacques, what's going on?

Is it our feed?

No, it's not.

Then why are my screens black?

The feed is clean.

Close with the stinger.

TECHNICIAN: All right.

Roll tape five.

(TRIUMPHANT MUSIC PLAYING

OVER MONITOR)

ANNOUNCER: (OVER MONITOR)

The Summer Olympics.

Up close and personal.

The ABC way.

And we're clear.

(ALARM BUZZING)

All right.

Okay, it's back to you,

New York.

Great job, everyone.

B-Unit's turn tomorrow.

Enjoy your day off.

CAMERAMAN: Good night, Jim.

See you on Thursday.

Good luck on your day, Mase.

Thanks, Don, enjoy the Alps.

DONALD: I will!

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(PHONE RINGING)

Uh, Roone, excuse me,

I'd like to do a handover

with Geoff here, who I...

Did you check out

Jennings' Dachau piece?

Not yet, no.

Would you watch it

and see if it's any good?

I do have some concerns

about cutting from sports

to the Holocaust.

Spitz is Jewish, right?

Since when am I ABC's expert

on Judaism?

He is. Spitz, he's Jewish.

What time's the presser?

GEOFF: 4:00 p.m.

There's your lead-in.

MARVIN:

So, you wanna ask a Jew

about the Holocaust

on live television?

ROONE: Yeah.

Ask him what it's like

to win a gold

in Hitler's backyard.

Do you guys wanna follow me?

Talk me through the day.

The day starts with volleyball.

It should be

a pretty good match.

No US team.

Uh, then it's soccer,

intermediate round.

Who?

GDR versus Mexico.

Morocco versus Denmark.

Burma versus Malaysia.

There's boxing.

The Great White Hope,

he's in quarters with Tefilo.

The Cuban?

GEOFF: Yeah. He's pretty good.

He knocked down Denderys

in 30 seconds. First round.

So, we lose, and the whole

thing's over in 30 seconds?

Doesn't matter.

It's America versus Cuba.

You sure you want

to bring in the politics?

It's not about politics,

it's about emotions.

How about

"Cold w*r Heats Up Again,

Cuba Launches m*ssile

at America's Hope"?

It's too long,

but good direction.

Has he

ever done live coverage before?

Yeah, I di--

He's done golf tournaments.

And, uh, minor league baseball.

I'll be back for the boxing.

No calls until ten.

I promised my daughters.

(CAR DOOR CLOSES)

MARVIN: All right, good.

(CAR ENGINE STARTS)

So, you prep that tease

while I contemplate the demise

of my fellow Jews. Oh, jeez...

Looks like I'm spending

another night here. Whoo-hoo.

No calls before ten.

I promised myself.

(GEOFF SCOFFS)

You fixed that?

Yeah, on it.

Only about nine miles lie

between the Serene Games center

and Germany's darkest chapter

in history.

Unimaginable atrocities

were committed at the Dachau

concentration camp.

And yet, 27 years after the w*r,

it has become

a place of remembrance.

Of reconciliation.

Thanks to the Olympic spirit.

A spirit

that makes images possible

that seemed impossible before.

That's exactly what the Olympics

are all about, you know.

Um, like

our fencing coach Andrei says,

we're here

and we can talk to Germans, um,

chat with athletes

from Lebanon or Egypt.

This is

what we've been dreaming about,

you know,

it's not just sports.

(SPEAKING GERMAN)

MARVIN: You're German, right?

Uh, excuse me?

You're the new translator, yes?

Uh, can you do me a favor?

What...

What... what is...

(TAPE MACHINE WHIRRING)

What is Hans saying here?

(HANS SPEAKING GERMAN)

He is saying that the Games

are an opportunity

to welcome the world

to a new Germany,

to move on from the past.

Yeah, sure.

I mean,

it's what we all hope for.

What else can we do

but move on, try to be better?

(BUTTON CLICKS)

Are your parents still around?

Yes.

Let me guess.

They didn't know either, right?

Well, I'm not them.

No.

No, you're not. I'm sorry.

(CLEARS THROAT)

I'm Marvin Bader.

I know. Head of Operations.

Hmm.

Yeah, I'm Marianne Gebhardt.

Nice to meet you.

You too. Um, welcome to ABC.

(EQUIPMENT WHIRRING)

(SWITCH CLICKS)

I need to swap all cables.

Then do it.

Grumpy has no spares.

At least, not for a Frenchman.

(METALLIC RATTLING)

GEOFF: Hermann, we really

don't have any cables?

Hey! I'm talking to you.

We need cables.

Your boss fills out paper.

Gives it to my boss.

Then you get cable.

(MALE VOICE SPEAKING GERMAN

OVER MONITOR)

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

Hey you.

(BUTTON CLICKS)

Has the old man

already taken his nap?

Uh, I don't know. He just left.

(SIGHS)

Any way I can help?

(IN GERMAN)

Yeah.

(HERMANN SIGHS)

(CABLES CLINKING)

Merci. Merci, Hermann!

(g*nsh*t IN DISTANCE)

(BREATHES SHARPLY)

(g*nf*re IN DISTANCE)

Were those g*nshots?

(IN GERMAN)

(FOOTSTEPS RECEDING)

(EXHALES SHARPLY)

(LOW, OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)

(PHONE BUZZES)

KENNETH:

Hi, this is Kenneth Moore.

did you hear g*nshots

or something?

No, I haven't heard anything.

KENNETH:

Okay. You've got my number

if you hear something.

Yeah, we'll let you know,

Mr. Moore.

Thank you.

KENNETH: Thank you. Goodbye.

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

GEOFF: Hey.

Kenneth Moore just called.

Marathon runner?

GEOFF: Yeah.

He wanted to know

if we heard g*nshots.

So, it was g*nshots.

GEOFF: What?

Uh, we heard g*nshots.

In the distance.

(LOW, OMINOUS MUSIC CONTINUES)

(ROTARY DIAL WHIRRING)

(DIAL TONE RINGING)

(MAN SPEAKING GERMAN OVER PHONE)

(IN GERMAN)

(MAN SPEAKING GERMAN)

(MAN SPEAKING GERMAN)

(PHONE CLATTERS)

already received several calls

and are investigating

the matter.

And?

That's all they said.

I could walk over

to Bayerischer Rundfunk

and see what they know.

They are radio. They work late.

GEOFF: You know how these work?

I'm on channel two.

(RADIO STATIC CRACKLING)

(FOOTSTEPS RECEDING)

(BUTTON CLICKS, RADIO BEEPS)

(RADIO STATIC CRACKLING)

Uh, hey, sorry,

can I borrow your receiver?

(MUSIC PLAYING OVER RADIO)

Sure.

And the headphones too, please.

Thank you, I'll bring it back.

Thanks.

(JACQUES BLOWS AIR)

Still getting dropouts?

Yep.

JACQUES: How often?

GEOFF: Constantly.

(BUTTON CLICKS)

Jacques, can you sort this out

on your-- Hey.

Morning.

Morning.

Gary, did you hear g*nshots?

What?

Maybe it was just fireworks?

What did it sound like?

Like g*nf*re, Geoff.

What's going on?

MARIANNE: (OVER RADIO)

Anyone there?

You're there, already?

MARIANNE:

No, I'm walking over the bridge.

But I can see dozens

of police cars already.

Where? In the Village?

MARIANNE:

Yes. Whatever happened,

it happened here.

I need to wake Bader.

(OMINOUS MUSIC GROWS LOUDER)

GEOFF: Marv. Get up.

(MARVIN MUMBLES)

GEOFF: Wake up.

There's been sh*ts fired

in the Olympic Village.

MARVIN: sh*ts?

Yeah. f*cking sh*ts!

g*nshots?

GEOFF: Yeah.

I don't know.

They-- they say

that there's a ton of police.

You serious?

GEOFF: Yeah.

Come on!

MARIANNE:

Can you hear me?

Yeah, go ahead.

MARIANNE:

The phones won't stop

at the Rundfunk.

A friend here heard

the sh*ts were fired

in the Israelis' apartments.

Give it to me, give it. Uh...

This-- this is Bader.

What are we talking about here?

Anyone hurt?

MARIANNE:

Rumor is hostage taking.

Hostages? Wait, uh, who?

MARIANNE: I don't know. Uh,

but the BR will say something

on their six o'clock news.

Go to the control room,

call Roone.

Roone?

MARVIN: Yeah, just--

Yeah, call him.

And I'll get Jennings.

(FOOTSTEPS RECEDING)

Oh...

Jesus Christ!

(OMINOUS MUSIC CONTINUES)

(ROTARY DIAL WHIRRING)

(RECEPTIONIST SPEAKING

OVER PHONE)

Roone Arledge's room, please.

RECEPTIONIST: Mr. Arledge

doesn't want to be disturbed.

Trust me, he's gonna want

to be woken up for this.

RECEPTIONIST: I'm sorry, sir--

Just connect me now, please.

(DIAL TONE CLICKS, RINGS)

(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)

(DIAL TONE RINGING)

ROONE: (OVER PHONE) Hello?

Roone, Geoff Mason.

ROONE: I said not to disturb me.

I understand that.

But... but there's

a hostage situation

going on right now

in the Olympic Village.

ROONE:

What're you talking about?

I'm talking about

a hostage situation.

And it gets worse.

It's in the Israeli quarters.

ROONE: Is this confirmed?

Not yet, but--

Geoff.

(RADIO HOST SPEAKING GERMAN)

Wait, they're about

to say something

on the German radio.

I'm gonna put you

on the speaker.

(BEEP OVER RADIO)

(ANNOUNCER SPEAKING GERMAN)

(MALE VOICE SPEAKING GERMAN

OVER RADIO)

Marianne.

Can you translate this?

MARIANNE:

Let me check my receiver.

(MALE VOICE CONTINUES

SPEAKING GERMAN)

MARIANNE:

There have been reports

of sh*ts being fired inside

the Olympic Village.

(MALE VOICE CONTINUES

SPEAKING GERMAN)

MARIANNE: Reports,

that have not yet been confirmed

by the police,

say that the Israeli team

may have been att*cked

by so-called t*rrorists.

(RADIO STATIC CRACKLES)

ROONE: I'll be there in 20.

(DIAL TONE CLICKS)

Get the crew in.

(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)

(DOOR CLOSES)

GEOFF: So, wake him up.

I don't know.

We need as many bodies

as possible.

(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)

Priority are camera.

Tell them

the bus leaves in ten minutes.

Okay? And don't forget

to bring Carter.

Is it confirmed?

Yeah. It's definitely g*nshots,

definitely the Israelis.

And this is from?

German radio.

We can't quote another station?

A second source?

We got a wire.

"One, possibly two

Israeli athletes k*lled

at Olympic Village."

"Arab guerrillas

likely took hostages."

Let me see that, Gary.

Peter, what are

we dealing with here?

PLO. PFLP. Or...

worst case, Black September.

You know

the political background.

You report

from the inside. Okay?

PETER: Okay.

Where are the Israelis housed?

MARVIN: Israel.

Connollystrasse 31.

They're here.

Well, this...

should give us a good angle.

MARIANNE: (OVER RADIO) Geoff.

(CLAMOR OVER RADIO)

MARIANNE: Seems like the police

will seal the Village.

REPORTER: (OVER RADIO) Hurry up!

MARIANNE: Reporters here

are rushing to get in now.

f*ck.

(DOOR CLOSES)

Peter, what's the situation?

I'm going in.

But we need a cameraman.

(DOOR OPENS)

MARVIN: This is

the Israelis' building...

Where's the crew?

GEOFF:

First shuttle is on its way.

So, when's Jim coming in?

It's his day off.

I didn't call him.

We need Jim for this.

GEOFF: All right.

All Right?

(CLEARS THROAT)

What time

do we have the bird today?

3:00 p.m., 10:00 a.m. Eastern.

No. We need the breakfast slot.

Jim McKay's room.

Then you need to sweet-talk CBS.

GEOFF:

Hi Margaret, is Jim there?

(MARGARET SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY

OVER PHONE)

He's in the pool,

he's doing his morning laps.

Who're you talking to?

His wife.

Give me that, would you?

Margaret, it's Marv.

MARGARET: Hi, Marv.

MARVIN: Uh, would you please...

We're all ready to go,

but still no cameramen here yet.

What about him?

MARVIN: Thank you.

He's just an assistant.

Hey, what's your name?

BEN: Uh, Ben.

Ben, you ever hold

a camera before?

Yeah.

ROONE: Know how to change film?

Sure.

Okay. There's your guy.

News will want

to take over soon.

I'll talk to them.

MARVIN: As soon as he can,

would be--

(MARGARET SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

Thank you so much. I--

And I hope we didn't ruin--

(DIAL TONE CLICKS, BEEPS)

Jim's gonna anchor.

Okay. We need someone

at the press center.

Well, I doubt Hans

is releasing anything

at this point.

ROONE: What about you?

You know him.

If anything happens,

we'd be the first to know.

Yeah. Let's...

let's have Geoff coordinate

the set-up while I'm gone.

Not on his first day

with A-Unit.

Right? How about Ohlmeyer?

He's on a hiking trip

in the Alps.

Maddock?

MARVIN:

Keep trying him, no answer.

But it's early, so...

ROONE: I'll handle CBS

and the satellite.

You get me something

to feed the bird.

MARVIN: Okay.

All right.

(FOOTSTEPS RECEDING)

So, what do we air?

Whatever info I get from Klein.

GEOFF: I'm talking visual.

We're just

gonna show Jim talking?

We can't do that.

The footage that Ben sh**t

is gonna take 20 minutes

to develop.

We have to have a live image.

Can we use that mobile unit?

The guys with the backpack?

GEOFF: That's only wide-angle.

We need a long lens. Christ,

it's happening right there!

Wait, we're...

We're here?

MARVIN: Yeah.

So why don't we...

just wheel out

one of the studio cams?

You can put it right here.

Gives us a live shot

of the apartment.

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

(DOOR CLOSES)

MARVIN:

Anything on the hostages yet?

Only mixed information.

Well, call around

to get things double-checked.

All right?

And, you have a walkie.

Okay?

Yeah.

Channel four.

Okay.

Robert? Uh, coffee, aspirin,

and a list of today's slots

on the satellite.

Right away.

(ROTARY DIAL WHIRRING)

(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)

GEOFF: All right.

All right,

you know what happened.

Let's get to work.

(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)

I need four men in the studio.

STAFFER: Yeah.

So, you're the big boss now?

Come with me.

We're gonna

take cam two outside.

We're gonna go live with it.

You... you do know

how heavy those are?

CARTER:

The wiring will be tricky.

I trust you'll get it.

CARTER: Yeah.

You, too, Frenchie. C'mon.

Yeah.

(IN GERMAN)

(FEMALE VOICE SPEAKING GERMAN

OVER PHONE)

There's nothing I can do.

CBS has had

that slot booked for months.

Listen to me.

It's a public interest story.

And people are gonna want

to see it live.

And we are the only people

capable of doing that.

CLAIRE: I get that, Roone, but--

Okay, hang on.

I got the schedule.

CLAIRE: Listen, I understand...

Aspirin?

We ran out of them.

...but there's just no way

I can give up

the afternoon slot.

Never mind.

(BUTTON CLICKS)

Okay. (CLEARS THROAT)

This is what we're gonna do.

We're gonna swap.

So, you're gonna take

the three o'clock slot,

and we're gonna take

the noon time.

CLAIRE:

You really think

it will be done by then?

Yeah. The Germans are gonna have

this taken care of in no time.

So, we have a deal?

CLAIRE: Fine.

Excellent. ABC owes CBS one.

MARVIN: (OVER RADIO)

Geoff, are you there?

Talk to me, Marv.

MARVIN: I'm at the press center.

Hans Klein got word

from the Olympic Committee,

the Games must go on.

Do they really think people

are gonna care

about sports today?

MARVIN: Good news

is two Israelis escaped

during the attack and--

Hold on a sec.

They just confirmed

the injured coach died.

Moshe Weinberg.

Shot twice in the head,

once in the gut.

t*rrorists demanded

Israel release

over 200 Palestinian prisoners

by noon.

If not, they k*ll one hostage

every hour.

Jesus Christ.

Are they negotiating?

MARVIN: I don't know.

So, should I pass this along

to Roone?

MARVIN: Geoff, you have to be

the center of everything now.

Not just the control room.

All communication, everything.

Geoff?

Yeah, I got it.

All communication, everything.

ABC headquarters called.

They want News to take over.

Tell them we'll be in touch.

(OBJECTS CLATTERING)

JACQUES: On the left...

What the hell

are you guys doing?

Trying to get a live shot

of the apartment.

Get the viewers

right into the action.

Who are the hostages?

Uh...

Uh, Bader just... He confirmed

that one of them died. Uh--

Moshe Weinberg. I read the wire.

GEOFF: Right.

But who's inside that apartment?

(PHONE RINGING)

We don't know yet.

Then we find out.

Who are they?

What's their background?

Do they have a family?

There's no point in aiming

this thing at the building

if the viewer doesn't know

the people inside.

Okay.

ROBERT: Roone.

Headquarters on the line again.

I can't hold them back

any longer.

Right. Don't f*ck it up, Mason.

Okay.

I got the bird, live at noon.

GEOFF: All right.

(FOOTSTEPS RECEDING)

(DOOR CLOSES)

Marv, do we have

any more information

on who the hostages are?

MARVIN: No. Marianne is on it.

MARIANNE: (OVER RADIO)

Yes, I'm on it.

Where are you?

MARIANNE: Editing room.

Okay, I'm coming to you. Great.

Get this sucker outside.

(MALE VOICE SPEAKING OVER PHONE)

MARIANNE: (IN GERMAN)

What do you got?

MARIANNE: (IN GERMAN)

I need to confirm this first.

Mister Bader, do you read me?

MARVIN: (OVER RADIO) Marianne,

what've you got?

My source at the BR told me

there are ten hostages.

Five coaches and five athletes.

MARVIN: Okay.

Lines up with my info.

Also, we've been told

the Palestinians att*cked

apartments one and three.

After cross-referencing that

with the housing plans

and who slept where,

I think--

JACQUES: (OVER RADIO)

Hey, Geoff.

GEOFF: Yeah.

JACQUES:

I think we found a good spot.

Coming.

Get that to me

in the control room

as soon as you're done.

So, I'd say

the five athletes being held

are Romano, Slavin,

Friedman, Berger, and Halfin.

MARVIN: Wait. Berger?

David Berger?

Yes. Why?

(ALARMS BLARING IN DISTANCE)

You guys think

you'll get it up there?

JACQUES: (OVER RADIO)

Yes, almost done.

Okay.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

GARY: (OVER RADIO) Geoff,

we have Jennings on the phone.

Coming.

(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)

Jennings, it's Geoff Mason.

PETER: (OVER PHONE)

You're running things?

Yeah. So, where are you?

PETER: I'm on a balcony

in the Italian compound.

It's a good spot.

JJ.

PETER: I've got

a direct view of 31.

And I'm not alone up here.

The other balconies

are full of reporters

and photographers,

all of us waiting

for something to happen.

So, what, nothing's going on?

PETER: No.

Police are just milling around.

Doesn't seem like they've

even started negotiating yet.

There's an eerie silence.

MARIANNE: Geoff.

PETER: You can actually hear

the cameras clicking.

They're too small.

Get those to Judy.

Three times bigger.

All right.

And there's a report

Mr. Bader watched earlier

that has an interview

with one of the hostages.

David Berger, a former American.

PETER: There's movement

at the apartment.

The door

on the second-floor balcony

is opening.

Someone's peering out.

Jennings, what's happening?

PETER: Someone's on the balcony.

Wearing some kind of a mask.

Now he's going back in.

(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)

PETER: Ben down there

caught it all on 16 mil.

I wish you

could get this shot, Mason.

Yeah, I'll send a runner.

PETER: No chance.

Police sealed off

the entire area.

Only athletes can get past.

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

GARY: All right, now.

(ADHESIVE TAPE SCREECHING)

Good luck.

Thanks.

Nice, man.

So, we have loaded mags,

sandwiches, walkies, long lens,

cigarettes for Jennings.

So, what if they search me?

Don't worry. From now on,

you are officially an athlete.

(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)

PETER: (OVER PHONE)

A man's stepping out

of the apartment now.

White suit, white hat,

face painted black.

Must be the leader of the group.

He's waving at the cameras.

STAFFER: Geoff.

PETER:

A policewoman's walking up now.

All by herself. Unarmed.

Looks like she's handling

the negotiations.

Good.

Pin these up on there.

PETER: He seems to have

a grenade in his hand.

God. (SIGHS)

Jennings, how close are you?

PETER: A hundred, 130 feet.

Maybe you should get away

from there.

PETER: k*ll radius

is only 16 feet.

I've been in the Middle East.

All right, but be careful.

Gary's on his way.

Do we have someone

on the Tower yet?

Channel 6.

(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)

(RADIO BUTTON CLICKS)

Tower cam, read.

CAMERAMAN:

(OVER RADIO) Copy.

GEOFF: Can you give me an image?

Show me the entrance

to the Village.

(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)

Push in on that.

There. Hah! Go, Gary!

GLADYS: Yes! He's in.

(CREW CHEERS)

JACQUES: Yeah. He made it.

(LAUGHS)

MARVIN: Hey, people.

Get BR on the radio.

The police chief's making

his first official statement

right now.

(MANFRED SPEAKING GERMAN

OVER RADIO)

Marianne.

(MANFRED SPEAKING GERMAN)

The perpetrators demand

that 200 persons be released...

who are in Israeli hands.

If these 200 persons

are not released,

they will sh**t one hostage

every hour starting at noon.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Can't you tell us something

we don't know?

MARIANNE: Someone's asking

the chief of police

if he thinks it was a mistake

that the Olympic Village

had no armed police.

Of course it was!

I guess they didn't want

the world to be reminded

of the last time

armed Germans patrolled fences.

So, Germany's makeover is more

important than people's safety?

C'mon. This isn't our business.

That is our business.

And in less than an hour,

we go live.

ROONE: We're not giving

this story to News.

MALE VOICE: (OVER PHONE)

But why?

Well, because we're in Munich.

We're a 100 yards... away

from where it's happening.

MALE VOICE:

Roone, just leave it.

We're not giving it to anyone.

Yeah, Sports is keeping this.

MALE VOICE: Roone,

this is just not your field.

It's just that News...

That's it.

(PHONE CLATTERS)

(PHONE RINGING IN DISTANCE)

PETER: (OVER PHONE)

Now it looks like

the negotiations are happening.

German politicians

and the leader in the white suit

are talking.

Whatever they're discussing,

honestly, I can't imagine

the Prime Minister Golda Meir

and the Knesset will respond

in any way to blackmail.

It's so ironic.

I've been the Middle East expert

in Beirut for five years,

and yet,

I have never gotten this close

to the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Hang on one second, Peter.

Can we get his voice live

when we go on air?

I'll give it a shot.

MARVIN: Jennings, this is Bader.

Any idea how many Palestinians

are inside?

PETER: We've seen a lot of heads

popping out of windows.

These men

are definitely professionals.

I suspect

they're deliberately trying

to create confusion.

There's a second commando

on the balcony now,

brandishing his submachine g*n

like a threat.

f*cking Arabs.

JACQUES: Hey, watch it.

My mother is from Algeria.

I'm not talking

about your mother.

Hey. Come on.

Just the bad Arabs?

PETER: Whatever conception

you have of Arabia or Arabs,

you need to understand

how sensitive this situation is.

This is no longer the Olympics.

Thank you, Peter,

for, uh, clarifying.

It does bring up

a good question. (HESITATES)

What should we call them

on the air?

PETER: In News, we would refer

to them as commando guerrillas.

Commando? That sounds like

we're in Vietnam or something.

What was it they called them

on German radio?

"t*rrorists."

ROONE: What was that?

They used "t*rrorists."

Okay. Let's...

let's go with that.

PETER: That's a charged term.

PETER:

Terrorism is the organized

and systematic use

of v*olence against civilians

to affect a political goal.

Isn't that pretty much

what's happening here?

PETER: Nobody knows yet

what is happening here.

So we have to be very careful

about everything we say on air.

No offense guys,

but you're Sports.

You're in way over your head.

News should take over.

(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)

(SIGHS) Peter, just call us back

in a couple of minutes.

(GROANS)

He might be right.

Okay, look, I know

this isn't a responsibility

that everyone wants.

But does it make more sense

to have a talking head

from News take over

from halfway across

the f*cking world?

Our job is to tell the stories

of these individuals,

whose lives are at stake,

100 yards away.

And our job

is really straightforward.

We put the camera

in the right place,

and we follow the story

as it unfolds in real time.

News can tell us

what it all meant

after it's over.

And I'm sure they're gonna try.

But this is our story.

And we're keeping it.

All right, you heard the boss.

We have 45 minutes left.

Do we have an opener yet?

(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)

(BAG UNZIPS)

GARY: It's a 50 and a 250.

JUDY: All right.

STAFFER: Four fresh rolls,

50 daylight.

Okay.

(ZIPPER CLOSES)

(TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(STATIC FEEDBACK CRACKLING)

GEOFF: Ready?

JUDY: Ready.

(EQUIPMENT WHIRRING)

That's our opener.

(PHONE RINGING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Cam two, that's good,

but I need the balcony

to be at the very center

of the shot, Charley.

CAMERAMAN: (OVER RADIO)

You got it, Kubrick.

Tower cam,

get nice and close on that roof.

You gotta push in.

Yeah, keep going in.

There you go.

ROONE: Okay.

Talk me through.

Yeah. So, we have Jim

on cam one.

Cam two has a live shot

of the balcony.

Tower cam has an aerial view

of the entire Olympic Village

and can zoom in.

We got 16 millimeter footage

on tape machines three

through six.

(STATIC FEEDBACK SHRILLING)

And we can now

hear Jennings live on the air.

We also have an overview

of the hostages.

Plus an interview

with one of them. David Berger.

It's ready for playback.

Good work.

Five minutes, everyone!

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR:

Five minutes,

take your positions.

Tower cam, I want you to start

with an establishing pan

over the spectators.

And then push in.

I want a gut-punch close-up

of that t*rror1st.

Uh, Geoff, can you...

can you turn it down a notch?

It's not track and field.

It's-- They threatened

to k*ll people.

Is the noon deadline confirmed?

Uh, yeah.

What do I tell the cameras?

MARVIN: (HESITATES)

What do you mean?

I mean, can we show someone

being shot on live television?

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

We can't control what happens.

No, wait, wait, wait.

We're the only station

going live with this.

Which means everyone

will be watching us,

including

the hostages' families.

Okay, okay. Hallway.

(DOOR OPENS)

All right, everyone,

stay on your headsets.

You don't want anybody

to see their kid ex*cuted

on live television.

Of course not, Marv--

MARVIN: So, I... I don't know

about the Israelis,

but David Berger's folks

are in Ohio.

So I'm pretty sure

they'll watch.

Well, someone should tell them

not to watch it.

But we have

a bigger responsibility here.

What about the sponsors?

The sponsors

are not gonna be concerned.

All they care about are viewers.

Guys. We have two minutes.

Okay.

So, uh, is that what we're

trying to achieve here?

Ratings?

No. We're just...

We're following the story

wherever it takes us.

All right.

Then let me ask you this,

let me ask you this.

Black September,

they know that the whole world

is watching, right?

That's why they chose

the Olympics.

If, I'm saying if,

they sh**t someone

on live television...

Right, whose story is that?

Is it ours, or is it theirs?

How about this?

If things get tense,

we only leave

the 16 millimeter running.

That gives us

plenty of time to decide

whether we air it or not.

Yeah, that's it.

Hmm?

That's it. Yeah.

That's it. Thank you, Geoff.

Thirty seconds to open.

(PHONE RINGING)

(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR:

And here we go.

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

GEOFF: Jim ready yet?

We're last looks.

GEOFF: Comm check, one, two.

CAMERAMAN 1: (OVER RADIO)

All set.

Cam one, tight on Jim.

CAMERAMAN 1: Right down on me.

Two on preview. Tower cam,

stay wide on building 31.

CAMERAMAN 2: Got it.

Gladys, opening title on five.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR:

Clear the frame, please.

TECHNICIAN: Fifteen seconds.

Title one ready for insert.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR:

Okay, people. And...

ten, nine,

eight, seven...

GEOFF: Roll two.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR:

...six, five...

ROONE: If things do get tense,

go to the onlookers,

we'll cut to reaction sh*ts,

right?

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR:

...two, one. We're on.

Roll two. Opening title on five.

(TIMER TICKING)

GEOFF: Ready one. Take one.

Jim, you're on.

JIM: (OVER MONITOR)

Good morning, I'm Jim McKay

speaking to you live

at this moment

from ABC headquarters,

just outside the Olympic Village

in Munich,

West Germany.

Cam two on preview.

JIM: The peace

of what had been called

the "Serene Olympics"...

GEOFF: Dissolve to two.

JIM: ...was shattered

just before dawn this morning

about five o'clock...

GEOFF: Ready three.

JIM: ...when t*rrorists

armed with submachine g*ns...

GEOFF: Dissolve to three.

JIM: ...faces blackened,

climbed the fence...

GEOFF: Ready one.

...went to the headquarters

of the Israeli team...

GEOFF: Dissolve to one.

...and immediately k*lled

one man,

Moshe Weinberg, a coach.

Two sh*ts in the head,

one in the stomach.

They've been holding

14 others hostage since then,

and the latest report

is that one more

has been k*lled.

Ready two. Take two.

Peter Jennings

is inside the Village.

Let's go to Peter now.

PETER: (OVER PHONE)

Jim, I'm directly across

from the Israeli building.

It will be a famous number

before long.

Thirty-one.

It is on Connollystrasse.

The reports here

vary dramatically

as to what is going on.

JIM: Peter, do we already know

who is responsible

for the attack?

PETER: (BREATHES DEEPLY)

There is a great deal

of speculation

one could indulge in,

which would be risky,

but if I were to guess,

I would most likely narrow in

on a group

called Black September.

That, however,

is pure speculation.

Back to one.

JIM: Something that

is not speculation

is that one of the hostages

is David Berger, 26 years old,

a former United States citizen,

we are told by the Israelis.

Moved there about two years ago.

He's in

the light heavyweight class.

Roll tape one.

JIM: After receiving

a law degree

from Columbia University...

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR:

Five, four...

JIM: ...Berger failed to qualify

for the U.S. team.

...three,

two, one, ready to go.

JIM: To fulfill his dream

of the Olympics,

he emigrated to Israel.

Two days ago,

he was interviewed

by Peter Jennings

for an ABC color piece.

Hit it.

That's what the Olympics

are all about, you know.

We're here,

we can talk to Germans, uh,

chat with athletes

from Lebanon or Egypt.

This is what

we've been dreaming about.

You know. It's not just sports.

Back to one. Clean.

(BUTTON CLICKS)

I'm gonna get back to Hans Klein

and wait for the latest.

GEOFF:

Bird, caption on my cue.

And now.

JIM: Ladies and gentlemen,

these dreams have been shattered

by this terrible,

terrible attack.

The t*rrorists have demanded

the release of some 200

Arab guerrilla prisoners

in Israel

in exchange for the lives

of Israeli athletes.

And they had set

a deadline of noon,

saying that they were

going to k*ll

all of their hostages

at that time.

That deadline obviously

has passed,

so nobody knows

what is gonna happen now.

(DOOR OPENS)

GARY: Same as last time.

JUDY: Got it.

(TAPE MACHINE WHIRRING)

HANK: I can't believe

she's the negotiator.

She doesn't strike me

as the hard-boiled type.

Well, if the t*rrorists

underestimate her like you do,

she probably has a chance

to get information.

Just look.

She's asking him

for a cigarette.

No, no, no.

She's earning his trust.

(SCOFFS)

I just wish I could hear

what she's saying.

(TAPE MACHINE CLICKS)

The Olympics, at this moment,

are still continuing.

It's a very strange atmosphere.

As I said,

we're only about 500 yards

from this building here.

Roll tape four.

JIM: Within 200 yards

from where that building is,

there is a kind of

a man-made pond,

not a formal swimming pool,

but a very lovely pond,

with a little dock,

where the athletes lie out

and take sun.

And that's what

they're doing right now.

They're out there

sunning themselves,

they're swimming,

talking about technique

with athletes

of other countries.

And yet,

this grim, terrible thing

is taking place inside

the Village.

Three hundred yards closer,

well, take a look

at this right now,

this is a live picture.

Action in boxing going on,

a crowded arena.

Here at the Boxhalle in, uh...

in... in Munich,

Volley... volleyball

is also taking place,

incidentally.

Duane Bobick...

I'll make sure

we still have the bird.

...who was scheduled to fight

at just...

What's he talking about?

Don't we still have three?

He swapped slots.

JIM: The Arab nations

that are here

are Algeria, Saudi Arabia...

(STAFFERS EXCLAIM)

JIM: ...Egypt, Iraq,

Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon...

Guys!

JIM: ...Sudan, Syria...

TECHNICIAN: Sorry, boss.

JIM: ...Tunisia, Morocco.

They're all here.

No word from them as yet.

Uh, no indication

if there will be

any statement...

(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)

(STATIC FEEDBACK HUMMING,

CRACKLING)

Can we get

a cup of coffee, please?

(INDISTINCGERMAN RADIO CHATTER)

CARTER: Great.

You just sent away

the one person

who could understand this.

(RADIO CHATTER CONTINUES)

PETER: (OVER PHONE)

Something's happening

here in Connollystrasse.

It seems like

they're bringing in food now.

If you ask me,

these are policemen

dressed as cooks.

Tower, keep tracking them.

My half-blind grandmother

could tell these cooks are cops.

CLAIRE: (OVER PHONE)

Roone, again.

NBC has that satellite at three.

What's your suggestion?

ROONE: Change it,

that's my f*cking suggestion.

They can't have the slot.

You guys will think

of something.

I gotta keep going.

PETER:

Looks like they're proving

the food isn't poisoned.

Now the cooks seem eager

to carry in the food,

but the leader

takes it from them...

goes in alone.

Whatever the Germans tried

to achieve here, it failed.

NEWS PRESENTER:

The long-range forecast

said today

that high radiation level--

To Smith's illegal regime--

(BOTH SPEAKING HEBREW)

(PHONE CLATTERS)

JIM: Peter Jennings is still

in the Italian team's...

GEOFF: Yeah?

I'm watching Channel 11,

Israeli TV.

Um, who is that?

Give me Channel 11.

JIM: ...but it is not yet clear

how they can handle

this hostage situation...

(JIM SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

(SPEAKING HEBREW)

JIM: I think that's Tuv...

Tuvia Sokolsky.

He is one of the Israelis

who escaped.

ROONE:

Why don't we have him?

Larry, run over to their lot,

grab that guy,

bring him here.

I'm on it.

And tell JJ we're hungry.

And not German food, please.

DISPATCHER:

(IN GERMAN, OVER RADIO)

POLICE OFFICER: (OVER RADIO)

DISPATCHER:

What's all that mean?

New ultimatum is 5:00 p.m.

JIM: And we're moving in now

on the windows,

behind which at this moment

nine terrified

living human beings

are being held prisoner.

The demands have been many--

There is someone right now.

Uh, certainly has to be

one of the guerrillas.

JJ: Geoff.

One of them

is believed to be a woman.

And this has happened time

and time and time again.

The door opening,

the head coming out

to see what is going on.

Chuck, play that back

in slo-mo, will you?

(TAPE MACHINE WHIRRING)

JIM: We see the moment again

here in slow motion.

(PHONE RINGING)

JIM: It's been such

a terribly tantalizing symbol...

Hmm?

JIM: ...of this situation.

Okay.

Master Control wants

a block of five. Now.

JIM: What's going on inside

that head?

Jim, commercial break

in ten seconds.

JIM: We're gonna take

a very short station break

at this point.

And hopefully, when we get back,

we have at least some answers

for you.

Drop to commercial.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR:

And we're clear.

ANNOUNCER: (OVER MONITOR)

The Kodak XL Movie Camera.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR:

Back in three.

ANNOUNCER:

This is the camera and film

that lets you take movies

without movie lights...

Let's see what's

on the competition.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER TV)

Still the only ones

providing live coverage.

Yeah, seems like it.

(IN GERMAN)

is very heavy today.

As an athlete and as an Arab,

I would like to express

my solidarity

with my Israeli colleagues.

And I pray

that everything ends well.

Excuse me, may I ask you

if you heard anything...

Hey, this is Gary.

...this morning in the Village?

GARY: (OVER TV) Uh, no.

(ALL CHUCKLE)

REPORTER:

What is your discipline?

Weightlifting.

(ALL CHUCKLE)

REPORTER: Any comment

on the current situation?

(DOOR OPENS)

No, I gotta go.

Guys? Guys. He's here.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR:

Thirty seconds.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)

TECHNICIAN 1: Okay, for me.

TECHNICIAN 2: Master Control,

we are ready for take over.

Hey Jim, it's Roone.

So, this is about as close

as you're gonna get

to the hostages. Make it count.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: And five,

four, three, two, one.

Take one.

We're coming to you live

from ABC headquarters

in Munich, West Germany.

I'm sitting right now

with a man who has just come

into the studio.

His name is Tuvia Sokolsky.

He is on the extreme left here.

The gentleman in the middle

is Nasim Javidi,

translator for the Israeli team.

Mr. Sokolsky

does not speak English.

(PHONE RINGING)

He is the coach

of the weightlifters...

(PHONE CLATTERS)

...and came out

of that room today.

Roone.

JIM: Would you ask him

just to tell us, briefly...

They wanna talk to you.

JIM: ...what happened today.

(NASIM SPEAKING HEBREW

OVER MONITOR)

(TUVIA SPEAKING HEBREW

OVER MONITOR)

ROONE: Yeah.

CLAIRE: (OVER PHONE) Roone.

We need

our slot back immediately!

I tried to negotiate for you.

(SPEAKING HEBREW)

"At about 4:30 this morning,

I heard-- I was fast asleep,

when I woke up and..."

(SNAPS FINGERS)

Geoff. Geoff!

Tell Jim we're about

to lose the satellite.

What? We're in the middle

of the interview.

In a couple of seconds,

all anyone is gonna see

is a black screen.

You have to tell him

to say something.

(CLAIR SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

Jim? Jim, CBS

is taking the satellite.

Look, we can keep recording,

but wrap the segment up.

I'm sorry,

we've run out of time.

We'd like to continue

the interview on tape.

And we'll have it later.

We're losing

the satellite right now.

The Arab guerillas are still

in the Israeli quarters.

One man is dead,

Mr. Javidi tells me,

another man

is now definitely dead,

but we don't know

his identity as yet.

The tense battle goes on,

the deadline, five o'clock,

that's in an hour

and 45 minutes.

Jim McKay,

as the Olympics continue

in Munich, West Germany.

Dissolve to five.

(ALL COMPLAIN)

g*dd*mn it.

Five minutes?

We're in the middle

of something.

GEOFF: What are we doing?

What's going on?

CBS insisted on the slot.

They said they're keeping it,

unless we share the feed.

Why can't we share?

When do we get it back?

ROONE: Well...

What?

When do we get it back?

I don't know.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Um, we could give it to CBS,

but we could show our logo

in the stream.

What do you mean?

Well, just put "ABC" up there.

Um, and just leave it there

constantly in the top corner.

GEOFF: What transmission

are you talking?

Well, it'll be output only.

So you just put

a permanent superimpose on it.

Yeah. Do that.

Yeah?

ROONE: Mm-hmm.

Okay.

Someone put on CBS.

(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)

Logo ready on four.

Back on the bird.

(PHONE RINGS)

Tell Jim to start the interview

where we left off.

Take up the interview.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR:

Five, four, three,

two, one.

Take one.

(SPEAKING HEBREW)

GEOFF: Fly logo in.

You own the story now.

(SPEAKING HEBREW)

NASIM:

Well, he... he...

he hasn't got any real

practical suggestions.

He feels

that one should not give in.

But-- And he leaves

the whole affair to--

in the hands

of the security people,

the professionals.

On the other hand,

he yearns for the moment

that his friends

and all his colleagues,

these athletes whom

he had known for so many years,

family men, will be out safely.

JIM: I can see the emotion

that he's feeling.

It's very high in this room.

I can't tell you how much

I appreciate Mr. Sokolsky

taking the time

to tell the story to us.

Thank you, too.

Thank you.

They're suspending the Games.

DISPATCHER: (IN GERMAN)

POLICE OFFICER:

The important thing right now

is that the Games

of the 20th Olympiad

have now been

officially suspended.

And as you can see

from this footage

that has just reached us,

the situation outside

the apartment

is becoming

increasingly confusing.

(INDISTINCT CLAMOR)

(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING)

(CROWD CLAMORING)

(CAMERA SHUTTERS CLICKING)

DISPATCHER: (IN GERMAN)

just gave green light

for some action.

POLICE OFFICER: (IN GERMAN)

POLICE OFFICER:

MARIANNE:

Police are clearing

all press out of the Village.

What?

The police are clearing

all press out of the Village.

Where did you hear that?

I've been listening

to the police scanner next door.

Jennings.

Jennings, you need to hide.

PETER: (OVER PHONE) What?

The police are clearing

all the buildings.

POLICE OFFICER: (OVER RADIO)

German police! Open up!

(YELLING IN GERMAN)

(DIAL TONE CLICKS)

JACQUES: Guys,

check the Tower cam.

GEOFF: Get back

to the police scanner.

Jennings?

(LOW, SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

(CLATTERING OVER PHONE)

PETER: All good,

they moved on.

Okay, great.

It looks like the police

are about to make a move.

Can you get back to the balcony?

PETER: Yes, give us a minute.

Preview cam three.

Jim, check your preview.

We are told

that there are men with g*ns,

beginning to train those g*ns...

Take Tower cam.

...on the rooms where

the two heads were sticking out

a moment ago,

the Arab guerillas lookouts.

GEOFF: Tower cam, push in.

JIM: Now, I don't...

Now, I'm not sure these men

have g*ns or... or cameras.

That's a g*n, all right.

PETER: That's a g*n, yeah.

One man with binoculars,

another with a g*n.

Peter... Peter Jennings

is in the Village.

Peter, can you see this

going on?

PETER:

They're walking cautiously

on the roof.

Hopefully, not being heard

in the rooms below.

JIM: This is happening now,

if you can

possibly believe that.

At the Games

of the 20th Olympiad.

Within a few hundred yards,

some athletes are still training

on the running track.

Volleyball competition

is going on.

Look at this, this is right now.

Volleyball competition

going on in the Olympic Games.

As we said, the Games

have been interrupted,

but only at the conclusion

of competition that was going on

when the announcement was made.

Now, back to the--

(SCOFFS SOFTLY)

Now, back to the...

real world, I guess

you'd call it at this point.

Although this seems

like the unreal one.

Go bird, caption.

(TAPE MACHINE CLICKS)

They don't seem prepared at all.

Yeah. They don't.

POLICE OFFICER:

(IN GERMAN, OVER RADIO)

These cops have no idea

what they're doing.

No wonder they lost the w*r.

(CHUCKLES, SIGHS)

What a shame that most people

see this in black and white.

Not in America. Every bus driver

has a color TV nowadays.

And the athletes here.

Germans put a color TV

in every apartment.

So, are they seeing

what we're seeing?

What are you talking about?

Are the t*rrorists seeing this?

They're not receiving ABC here.

Yes, they are.

Inside the Olympic Village...

every athlete can access

any international station.

(MONITOR BUZZING)

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CONTINUES)

Cam two, pan a bit down.

Push in.

That's a TV.

(RADIO CHATTER)

POLICE OFFICER 1:

(IN GERMAN, OVER RADIO)

POLICE OFFICER 2:

DISPATCHER:

did they just say ABC?

(IN GERMAN)

(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)

(CREW CLAMORING)

Off! Cameras off!

What?

(YELLS IN GERMAN)

Hey! Are you f*cking nuts?

You do not point a g*n

at my crew!

Jesus Christ! All live cams off!

Three, Charley, that's you too,

turn the Tower cam off.

Happy?

ROONE: Hey! Hey, hey.

What's going on here?

They just took us off the air.

ROONE: Who's in charge?

This guy?

You in charge? Yeah?

You speak English?

Get the f*ck out

of my studio! Out!

Out!

(IN GERMAN)

DISPATCHER: (OVER RADIO)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER IN GERMAN)

The police are climbing down

from the roof now.

They seem to be calling off

the attack.

Looks like this was yet

another failed attempt

to get the situation

under control.

Was that our fault?

(LOW, SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

(CREW MURMURING)

Let's just go--

We'll take a commercial, okay?

Commercial break,

five minutes. Get on that.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR:

Here we go.

(CLEARS THROAT)

TECHNICIAN: Master Control...

Bader, can we talk?

Then they should've cut

the electricity

to the apartment.

It's not up to us

to double-check on them.

That-- Marv, it's not okay

if we made it worse.

You know that.

We don't even know

why they called it off.

The Germans seem

generally pretty overwhelmed.

They are.

I'm listening

to the police radio.

It's local cops doing things

they have never done before.

(MUSIC FADES)

The German Army

gave them sn*per r*fles

and had to instruct them

on how to use them.

Why doesn't the German Army

just do it itself?

They're not allowed

to operate here.

German constitution.

That's ridiculous.

The rumor is Israel offered

to send a special unit

to help them out.

And that Germany refused it.

They are just making

one mistake after another.

And trying to act

like they've

got it all under control.

Let's keep going.

Marianne, I want you with me,

in the control room.

Bring the radio.

Okay.

JIM: Ladies and gentlemen...

PETER: (OVER PHONE) The Germans

are back to negotiating.

This time,

Interior Minister Genscher

is joining them.

The leader only seems willing

to talk to Gensch--

Wait.

Wait, put me live! Put me live!

Jim, Peter has

some breaking info.

We're going to him.

JIM: I just got word something

is happening at Connollystrasse.

Peter, you have news?

PETER: Thanks, Jim. Yes.

Moments ago, a window opened.

And, for the first time,

now we're seeing

some of the hostages.

No, we're not.

We might as well be listening

to the f*cking radio.

Cam two, Tower, either of you

have an angle on this?

CAMERAMAN 1: (OVER RADIO)

Clear shot, Mase.

CAMERAMAN 2: Clear as crystal.

JIM: ...and also

how many t*rrorists are visible.

PETER: We've seen two hostages

so far.

They were led to the window

one after the other.

One guerrilla

with an AK-47 behind them.

This is ridiculous.

PETER: It's a terrible sight.

JIM: Now, that sounds

very dramatic, Peter.

Ladies and gentlemen...

(PHONE BUZZES)

JIM: Um...

We're sorry that we can't

show you a live image...

Yeah?

Geoff, turn the cameras back on.

You got it, Roone.

All right,

we're back in business.

All cams back on.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Cam two, back on.

Cam three, back on.

(BUTTONS CLICKING)

(EXHALES SOFTLY)

Anyone know who that is?

(CLICKS TONGUE)

The fencing coach.

Andrei Spitzer.

Twenty-seven years old.

Gladys, I'm gonna need you

to make a caption.

Andrei Spitzer.

Caption ready.

Insert Spitzer graphic.

(LOW, SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

PETER: It looks like

Spitzer wants to tell

Genscher something.

Now he's dragged away

from the window,

and the curtains

are closed again.

Genscher is talking

to the leader.

He seems furious.

(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)

GEOFF: What is she saying?

Um, Genscher offered

to swap himself

with the Israeli hostages,

but the t*rrorists refused

the offer. Um...

Genscher insists on going inside

to see how the hostages are.

PETER:

The leader's taking Genscher

and another official

into the apartment now.

MARIANNE: Someone asked,

um, if they already know

the destination for the flight.

CREW: What flight?

(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)

Flight?

There's talk of flying them

out of the country.

(OVERLAPPING CHATTER)

Well, where could they fly

them to?

What airport?

(OVERLAPPING CHATTER CONTINUES)

Everyone shut up, please!

Shut up!

(INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER)

They're giving orders.

The... the policewoman...

"Tell... tell the leader

that it takes time

to prepare the plane."

They mentioned two helicopters

to fly the hostages

and the t*rrorists

to the airport.

What airport?

Uh, they didn't say.

PETER: They're coming back out.

Genscher seems shocked.

God only knows

what horrors he saw in there.

Uh, Cairo-- They... they said

Cairo as their destination.

Okay, listen up.

We need to find out

where in the Village

these choppers can land,

and what airport

they're gonna go to

for transfer!

JIM: Sun is beginning

to sink behind the buildings.

(CARTER SIGHS) Great, great.

Thanks.

JIM: There's some way

from darkness here.

CARTER: Sorry.

JIM: But I can't help but think

what a difficult task

this would be if the commandos

got out in the Olympic Village

after dark.

You got it?

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

CARTER: Yeah.

Riem's the obvious choice,

but probably not,

there's too much air traffic.

Augsburg?

It's too far away.

JIM:

...nations around the world...

They just mentioned

a flight time

of five to seven minutes

with the helicopters.

What was the name

of that little airport

in the middle of nowhere,

where we picked up

the equipment that time?

Um, it was something...

Feld... Furst--

Furstenfeldbruck.

Furstenfeldbruck.

HANK: Yeah. That was it.

That's a military airport.

JACQUES: Furstenfeldbruck.

That'd make sense.

No one is out there.

Hmm.

Guys.

Do you hear that?

(HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING)

(JIM SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY

OVER MONITOR)

(WHIRRING CONTINUES)

(EXHALES SHAKILY)

What's going on?

Do we have eyes

on these choppers?

Come on, show me something.

Tower? Do you have eyes

on the choppers?

CAMERAMAN: (OVER RADIO)

Negative.

Guys, I'm blind here. Come on.

HOWARD: (OVER RADIO)

Gentlemen, can you read me?

Yeah, Howard,

we got you loud and clear.

HOWARD:

I see them! Two choppers.

Approaching from southeast.

(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)

Howard, where exactly are you?

Are you inside the Village?

HOWARD: Yes. I'm at Gate 6.

They let me in after

the boxing match.

Ran into Gary here.

I'm taking over his channel.

MARIANNE: Uh, they're talking

about a bus now.

A bus escorting them

to the helicopters.

Howard, are the police

clearing out the area?

HOWARD: No, it's packed.

There are people

with cameras everywhere.

It's like Elvis has landed.

They'll use the, um...

(CLICKS TONGUE)

...parking level

below the apartments, um...

There's the next staircase.

Building 12.

Howard, look behind you.

Do you see a staircase?

HOWARD: Uh, yeah.

Okay, go down it

and look for a bus.

HOWARD: Got it.

PETER:

The light in the hallway's on.

Looks like they're leaving

the apartment

using the inner staircase.

HOWARD:

I'm in the parking area,

and it's a complete

madhouse down there.

Police and press are everywhere.

There's men with cameras

next to men with g*ns.

Put him on the air.

There's no connector.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

GEOFF: Patch this mic through

to the air.

Get him on the air.

HANK: Uh, yeah.

ROONE: You got it?

HANK: Yeah, yeah.

Uh, Jim, Pete.

I'm just looping Howard in here.

GEOFF: Good?

HANK: Go!

Howard, we're putting you live

on the air with Jim and Peter.

JIM: Word is they're flying out

both the hostages

and the t*rrorists.

Let's hear

Peter Jennings on this.

PETER: Thank you, Jim.

My colleagues and I

are scrambling

to put the pieces together.

But Howard Cosell

is currently on location.

Howard, this is Peter.

Do you have something

to report from there?

Howard, go ahead.

HOWARD: I certainly do, Peter.

I'm in the parking garage.

t*rrorists and hostages

are arriving,

their hands tied together.

The police are here

in almost platoon-like numbers.

We're building up to

what I think

will be quite the climax.

Okay, the bus just came in!

They're bringing the hostages

to the bus.

The t*rrorists

have submachine g*ns.

Pushing the young athletes

onto the bus.

JIM: According

to unconfirmed reports,

Cairo was named

as the flight destination.

There are helicopters waiting

to bring the hostages,

um, and the t*rrorists

to a military airport

for the changeover.

Take three.

CAMERAMAN: (OVER RADIO)

Geoff, this is Tower,

I have eyes on the bus.

HOWARD: Jim, I just ran

onto the bridge. I can see them.

One Arab is getting out.

Flashes from the cameras

are hitting him

from every direction.

He almost looks like

a rock star walking on stage.

Now I can see the Israelis.

I hear something.

(CROWD SHOUTING)

HOWARD: People shouting

from the windows and balconies,

but I don't know what it is.

ONLOOKERS: Shalom! Shalom!

HOWARD: It's "shalom,"

the Hebrew word for peace.

(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)

HOWARD:

The propellers are turning

and the chopper is lifting off.

These Israeli athletes

are leaving the Olympic Village,

not as free and proud

competitors of their country,

but as victims

of a brutal act of terror.

PETER: The first helicopter

now proceeding out

over the main Olympic stadium,

flying around this

tremendously high Olympic Tower.

Flying to what seems like

the last chapter

of a nerve-racking day.

Stretch the show with sports

until we have news

from the airport.

GEOFF: Sports?

ROONE: Yeah.

Jim will smooth over

the transitions.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(MUSIC FADES)

(HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING)

Screw it, I want to see it, too.

Sorry.

Jacques, get right back here.

JACQUES: Two minutes!

(HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING)

Carter, grab a 16 mm.

Get footage from the airport.

You're gonna go with him.

Take my car.

You're the only one

who speaks German.

Okay.

Where is it parked?

GEOFF: Back lot.

Blue BMW.

Okay.

Are they gonna really

fly them out?

I don't know.

So then, how does this end?

In a sh**t?

You'll need sound.

Hank.

(FOOTSTEPS RECEDING)

JIM: (OVER MONITOR)

The 10,000 meter run

was nearing the halfway mark

and out in front

was Dave Bedford of England,

followed by little

Miruts Yifter of Ethiopia,

and Mariano Haro of Spain.

(AUDIENCE CHEERING

OVER MONITOR)

JIM: Back of the pack,

Lasse Virn,

in the dark jersey...

PETER: Hey guys,

I don't think there's anything

left to do here.

So, how about

I just come back to the studio,

provide some analysis?

That's a great idea, Jennings.

Get back here

as soon as you can.

Charley, might as well roll

cam two back into the studio.

GLADYS: Uh, Geoff? Geoff,

you gonna wanna see this.

I think

it's David Berger's father.

REPORTER: (OVER TV)

Have you gotten any help

from any of the governments

or any of the agencies?

No.

All the information we have

has come from the news

on television.

I just hope they get

the situation under control...

and we hear from our son soon.

REPORTER:

Is there anything you wanna say

to your son right now?

Marianne, you read me?

BENJAMIN:

I just want him to come home.

JACQUE: Forget it,

they are too far away.

(JIM SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY

OVER MONITOR)

Marv, you got anything?

MARVIN: (OVER RADIO)

Hold on just a second.

Supposedly all hell

has broken loose at the airport.

There's sh**ting.

(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)

Oh, God.

(OMINOUS MUSIC CONTINUES)

Carter?

It's crazy out there.

Massive traffic jams,

hundreds of people

blocking the road.

The police couldn't even

get through with their tanks.

Tanks?

Yeah.

(PANTS)

(TAPE WHIRRING)

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CONTINUES)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(MARIANNE SPEAKING GERMAN)

(MALE VOICE RESPONDING

IN GERMAN)

You see those lights?

That's the airport.

Everyone just left their cars

behind and walked there.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(DOG BARKING)

How did you get back here?

Marianne convinced some guy

to lend us his moped.

There they are!

(POLICE OFFICER YELLING

IN GERMAN)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(SIRENS WAILING)

This is great stuff, Carter.

We gotta get more of this.

Okay.

(INDISTINCT CLAMOR)

This is useless there.

I saw some pay phones.

We'll call

as soon as there's any news.

(INDISTINCT CLAMOR CONTINUES)

(HEAVY g*nf*re IN DISTANCE)

MALE VOICE:

Can you hear the sh*ts?

(HEAVY g*nf*re CONTINUES)

How many more clips

in the package?

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR:

Uh, two. About ten seconds.

Okay.

Ready one. Take one.

JIM:

With me now is Peter Jennings,

who reported the whole day

for us

directly out of the Village.

Standby two. Take two.

JIM: Peter, what conclusions

do you draw

from these recordings?

PETER: Clearly,

the German authorities

want to end it

here and now, Jim.

But now, they have to improvise.

(PHONE BUZZES)

PETER: And so far,

they haven't proven themselves

to be very good at that.

JIM: There's no

further reports...

(GARY) Hello?

Marianne's on the phone.

JIM: But the head

of the Olympic...

GEOFF: Patch it through.

(PHONE RINGS)

GEOFF: Yeah?

MARIANNE: (OVER PHONE)

Can the footage be used?

Yeah, yeah,

we're watching it right now.

We have it on the air. Why?

MARIANNE:

Listen, there's a rumor

going around here

that the hostages are free.

(HESITATES) What?

MARIANNE: The hostages are free.

That's amazing news!

That's-- Hold on.

Everybody! Listen to this!

Marianne,

say what you just said to me.

(CLAMOR OVER PHONE)

MARIANNE: For the last hour,

we've been hearing g*nshots.

A few minutes ago,

the sh**ting suddenly stopped.

Then a man

from Hans Klein's office

came up from the airport

and said

the hostages are all free.

(CREW CHUCKLES)

(RELIEVED CHATTER)

Is this confirmed?

MARIANNE: I don't know, Geoff.

People here are celebrating.

Everyone is--

(REPORTER SPEAKING GERMAN)

MARIANNE: (IN GERMAN)

(PHONE BUZZING)

ROONE: (OVER PHONE)

Check the Germans. ZDF. Now.

I don't know

what they're saying,

but they sound damn happy.

Turn that up. Right there.

MARIANNE: I have to go.

No, no, no. Stay on the line.

MARIANNE:

Everyone wants this phone.

I need you

to translate something.

Okay? Translate this.

(IN GERMAN)

He says it, too.

They're all free.

ZDF is saying

that they're all free.

ROONE:

Then have Jim announce it.

Yeah, I'm gonna check

with Marv, okay?

Hold on.

Marv?

MARVIN: (OVER RADIO)

Yeah. We're watching it.

Is... is it confirmed?

MARVIN: Not yet.

I see Klein's press staff

on the phone.

It seems that

they have serious doubts.

Don't air it yet.

Wait for the confirmation.

Marv says

that it's not confirmed yet.

ROONE: Then we have Jim

use the phrase,

"as we're hearing."

(DIAL TONE CLICKS, BEEPS)

(JIM SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY

OVER MONITOR)

(SIGHS) Look, Marv,

we... we're gonna go with it.

Uh, but we're gonna use

the phrase "as we're hearing."

MARVIN: Where's Roone?

Let me talk to him.

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

MARVIN: Geoff, don't air it.

We need two confirmed sources.

Marv, we have to go now.

MARVIN: If we air it,

then everybody else will.

So what? We let CBS

or NBC take the scoop?

MARVIN:

This isn't a competition.

Wait for confirmation.

(LOW, SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

MARVIN: Geoff? Do you read--

(RADIO SWITCHES OFF)

(JIM CONTINUES

SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

Jim.

We... we're getting good news.

It sounds like

all the hostages are free.

But we need to use the phrase

"as we are hearing," okay?

And...

As we are hearing now,

it appears that the Germans

were able to free all hostages,

but we don't know just yet

what exactly happened there.

(DOOR SLAMMING OPEN)

(HAND SLAMMING)

Everybody's reporting it now.

They're all just following

our lead.

Then it's good

we got it out there first.

Yeah, you know,

Klein can't even find

the guy at the fence

who broke this.

We're talking worldwide news

based on the word

of one mysterious man,

no one has been able to confirm.

Oh, come on.

Roone wanted me

to get it out there.

No, no, no.

Geoff, Geoff, no.

You pulled the trigger.

Not Roone!

It's on ZDF, Marvin!

That's German state television.

And this is ABC!

(HAND SLAMMING)

And I vouched for you, Geoff!

I vouched for you.

We never said it was a fact.

We used "as we are hearing."

Yeah, that's a f*cking

technicality, Geoff.

(TELEPRINTER WHIRRING)

(TELEPRINTER CLICKS)

STAFFER: Geoff?

Geoff! Here.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

It's official. They're free.

(CREW LAUGHS, CHEERS)

Let me see that!

(CREW APPLAUDS)

(SIGHS)

GEOFF: Marv...

Yeah. Forg... forg... forget it.

(SIGHS)

(CHEERFUL CHATTER)

(PHONE RINGING)

(PANTS)

(MALE VOICE SPEAKING

OVER PHONE)

(JIM SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

It's Starger.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Cheers!

Cheers! Good work, everyone.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Cheers!

Good job, everyone.

CREW: Cheers.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Really good.

GEOFF:

We're not done yet, though.

We need access to the cops

on the airfield.

I'm talking interviews,

behind the scenes,

anything like that.

And maybe we can even talk

to the hostages.

(PHONE CLATTERS)

What?

He said that we've made

broadcast history.

Probably more people

have seen this

than watch Armstrong land

on the moon.

(MARVIN SIGHS)

So, you're gonna get

a big bonus. (CHUCKLES)

I need a f*cking drink.

You?

MARVIN: Yeah. Oh, yeah.

(EXHALES)

Mason on deck?

Yeah.

That kid's good.

MARVIN: Right?

Yeah.

(JIM SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

(DRINK POURING)

Lehayim.

JIM: Now in our studio

is Chancellor Brandt's

press secretary, Conrad Ahlers.

It's an honor...

Ahlers is here.

JIM: When was it agreed,

do you know,

to allow the guerrillas to go

from the building

to the helicopters?

Well, just two hours ago.

But of course,

that was part of the game.

We never meant to let them go

free out of this country.

I'm very glad

that as far as we can see now,

this police action

was successful.

"As far as we can see"?

AHLERS: Of course,

it's an unfortunate...

What is that?

AHLERS: ...interruption

of the Olympic Games,

but, I mean,

if all that comes out

as we hope it will come out.

"As we hope"?

AHLERS:

I think it will be forgotten

after a few weeks.

(LOW, OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)

JIM: And if the reports,

as we hear them, are true,

the Games will continue

probably by tomorrow.

Well, I'm quite sure,

and you must understand

that for us Germans,

it was a tragic situation

that all this happened

to Jewish people.

You know, after all our past,

of course it was our main...

our main idea

to get these Israelis free,

otherwise, you know...

(CLEARS THROAT)

...some of the old memories

might have come back.

That doesn't sound right. Hmm?

JIM: I think the people

of the world are well aware

that those volunteers...

Can I use your phone?

...who were trying to free

the Israelis today were Germans.

Yes, I hope

that they don't forget.

(ROTARY DIAL WHIRRING)

That they won't forget it.

Thank you very much,

Mr. Secretary.

I appreciate you taking the time

to talk to us.

Thank you very much.

JACQUES: And we're clear.

Any word

from the airport police?

Can't get through.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Same here.

Been on hold for 20 minutes.

GEOFF: How about the hostages?

(SIGHS) Don't you think

we should give them a break?

Maybe.

(PHONE RINGS)

Guys,

what about the bus drivers,

helicopter pilots? Come on,

we gotta get creative here,

we have a story to tell.

Let me talk to Hans.

(MALE VOICE SPEAKING OVER PHONE)

MARVIN: Why can't I--

MALE VOICE: Please understand,

we can't confirm anything yet.

(MARVIN CHUCKLES)

What do you mean?

Conrad Ahlers just announced

it on live television.

In our studio.

MALE VOICE:

The office is not corroborating

with others.

sh**ting is still going on.

MARVIN: What'd you just say?

(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

(MALE VOICE SPEAKING

INDISTINCTLY)

There's still sh**ting

going on at the airport.

There's still sh**ting

at the airport!

CREW: What?

We were wrong. There's still

sh**ting at the airport.

GEOFF: Who's sh**ting?

Jim has to go on air

and say something.

I know it wasn't true!

'Cause I got

a f*cking TV set too!

Just tell me what happened!

Jim, Peter.

Listen, this is gonna be tough.

Hans, I'm asking you.

I'm asking you as a friend.

Please just tell me

what happened.

JIM: The latest word

we get from the airport

is that, quote, "All of Hell

has broken loose out there,"

that there's still

sh**ting going on,

that there's a report

of a burning helicopter,

but all seems to be confusion.

Nothing is nailed down.

We have no idea

what's happened to the hostages.

But one of the men, by the way,

who was a hostage,

as far as we know,

is still alive.

Roone.

JIM: David Berger,

who went to Columbia University.

Geoff.

JIM: Uh, he was

the only American-born member...

Hallway. Please.

...of the Israeli team

that was being held c*ptive.

Uh, he was a weightlifter,

moved to Israel

just about two years ago.

PETER: Well,

we'll keep you up to date...

GEOFF: Stay with it.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

What happened?

All... all of them.

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

(SCOFFS) What if this

is just a rumor?

We don't-- What did they say?

They said

that there were g*nshots.

Did they--

Klein heard it

from three separate sources.

It's over.

It's bullshit.

(PHONE BUZZING)

We still have a team out there.

They haven't even called us yet.

We... we have to do some--

We'll send another team

out there.

I'll go with them this time.

And we have to get this right.

This is our chance

to get it right, Roone.

Come on.

JACQUES: Geoff.

Marianne is on the phone.

(LOW, SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

Yeah. Marianne?

(MARIANNE SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

Okay, thank you.

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

(SIGHS)

(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)

Cam one, close on Jim. Only Jim.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Jim?

...so many, um, other people.

GEOFF: (OVER HEADSET)

All the hostages are dead.

It's over.

Ready one.

Take one.

JIM: I've just gotten

the final word.

When I was a kid,

my father used to say,

"Our greatest hopes

and our worst fears

are seldom realized."

Our worst fears

have been realized tonight.

They've now said

that there were 11 hostages.

Two were k*lled

in their rooms...

this morn-- yesterday morning.

Nine were k*lled

at the airport tonight.

They're all gone.

But it's all over.

The Israeli Olympic team

is destroyed.

Much of it.

But what will happen

to the Games

of the 20th Olympiad?

(SNIFFLES)

None of us know

what will happen to... (SCOFFS)

...the course of world history.

We don't know.

(MUSIC FADES)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Hey. You all right?

Uh...

Mm. No, um...

Innocent people died in Germany.

Again.

And we failed. Germany failed.

Marianne,

I'm sorry I sent you out there.

I can only imagine

the things you saw.

Uh, I saw nothing.

I... I was there

with hundreds of people,

we stared into the night.

We were waiting

for something to happen,

because we wanted

to take a picture of it.

(SIGHS HEAVILY)

(SOBS SOFTLY)

Uh, Geoff?

Roone would like a word.

See you tomorrow.

Yeah.

(DOOR OPENING)

(DOOR CLOSING)

ROONE: Hmm.

(MALE VOICE SPEAKING OVER PHONE)

ROONE: Mm-hmm.

Hang on one second.

(PAPER RUSTLING)

There's gonna be a commemoration

at the stadium tomorrow

at 10:00 a.m.

I got us the bird.

Jim and Jennings

are gonna anchor

and I want you to be in charge.

I know

it might not feel like it,

but you did

a hell of a job today.

But... (INHALES SHARPLY)

But it was a catastrophe.

Get some rest.

Roone?

We need to talk about

a one-hour special for tomorrow.

Okay. I'll call you right back.

And I have an approach.

We take a flash unit out

to the airport.

Helicopters will still be there.

We'll see them in daylight.

Well, what's left of them.

(GEOFF SNIFFLES, CLEARS THROAT)

(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)

(SIGHS)

(SOMBER MUSIC CONTINUES)

(MUSIC FADES)
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