In the films Munich and One Day in September, we as the audience gain knowledge as to what happened in Munich during the 1972 Olympic Games. One Day in September is the official documentary of what happened to the Israelis who were assonated in the hands of Palestinians. The film Munich directed by Steven Spielberg discusses how the Israeli government came up with the ideal counter-terrorism plan against the Palestinians after the massacre in Munich. The film’s plots are in the same ballpark which is the discussion on the fatal Olympics but in Munich, Spielberg uses scenes from One Day in September to show the audience what really happened. In the documentary One Day in September director, Kevin Macdonald tells the heart-wrenching story
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The media would make countless errors as to the number of hostages and a number of terrorists. One of the media’s biggest mistakes was when they ruined a potential rescue plan to help those who were under attack. The team who was responsible for getting the Israelis out were being recorded and it was, in fact, broadcasted live. The media would send false statements and reports by reporting rumors. One of the multiple rumors heard was that the hostages were actually saved at Furstenfeldbruk then that the terrorist was killed. The information that was released ended up being utterly false due to the fact that all of the hostages actually ended up deceased during the gunfight and only some terrorist was killed. The German government was caught by surprise and was unprepared for this tragedy. It was mentioned throughout the documentary that security guards had no guns at the Olympics and the police were actually kept out of Olympic grounds. There were two attempts to save the hostages but both times, the German government failed entirely. The first time failed due to the fact that the rescue teams mission was being broadcasted live as mentioned earlier and the second rescue mission was at the airport. The actual plan itself was that the German policeman was supposed to be on the plane which was provided to
The media would make countless errors as to the number of hostages and a number of terrorists. One of the media’s biggest mistakes was when they ruined a potential rescue plan to help those who were under attack. The team who was responsible for getting the Israelis out were being recorded and it was, in fact, broadcasted live. The media would send false statements and reports by reporting rumors. One of the multiple rumors heard was that the hostages were actually saved at Furstenfeldbruk then that the terrorist was killed. The information that was released ended up being utterly false due to the fact that all of the hostages actually ended up deceased during the gunfight and only some terrorist was killed. The German government was caught by surprise and was unprepared for this tragedy. It was mentioned throughout the documentary that security guards had no guns at the Olympics and the police were actually kept out of Olympic grounds. There were two attempts to save the hostages but both times, the German government failed entirely. The first time failed due to the fact that the rescue teams mission was being broadcasted live as mentioned earlier and the second rescue mission was at the airport. The actual plan itself was that the German policeman was supposed to be on the plane which was provided to