How baseball saved an Iran hostage, not once, but twice - News Summed Up

How baseball saved an Iran hostage, not once, but twice


Four decades ago, Rosen was one of 52 Americans held hostage for 444 brutal days in Iran. Some of the 52 U.S. citizens held hostage in Iran for 14 months are cheered by the crowd at the Wiesbaden U.S. Air Force hospital after their release in West Germany on Jan. 21, 1981. (Associated Press)“Those were wonderful times with my father,” Rosen said. AdvertisementA hostage held at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran is shown to the crowd by Iranian students in this Nov. 8, 1979, file photo. But Rosen didn’t care.


Source: Los Angeles Times May 14, 2021 12:03 UTC



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