Tragic Olympic Happenings

During the time of the Olympics we all expect a peaceful meeting of every nation in the world that can compete. You do not expect something bad to happen or something to go wrong just because of the significance of the event. Well things have happened in the past and that's for sure. I personally wasn't alive to witness this and my dad was barely born. There was a terrorist attack on the whole Israeli team in 1972.

It was five Arab terrorists. They climbed the border of the German walls surrounding the Olympic cities. They showed up to the hotel room where they knocked on the door of the Israeli wrestling coach. When the coach opened and answered the door he immediately knew something was wrong. accompanied by the weight lifting coach they tried to hold the door shut so that the team could get through but they where killed. The team was held hostage. The terrorist requested that they had the Arab prisoners in Israeli custody released and two Arab leaders held in Germany also released. They of course wanted a safe trip out tow with no harm but that wasn't going to happen German forces had sharpshooters who where commanded to take out the terrorists without harming the hostages. The plan didn't go as they wanted to and it ended in a bloodbath.

http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_1967to1991_munich.php