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Roone Arledge, the head of ABC Sports, asserts his authority during the 1972 Munich Olympics hostage crisis. He passionately argues that his sports crew is better equipped to cover the unfolding tragedy in real-time than the traditional news division.

Howard Cosell provides a live, breathless play-by-play of the Munich massacre's escalation as Israeli hostages are moved by terrorists to helicopters. He captures the harrowing contrast between the athletes' status as competitors and their current reality as victims, punctuated by a haunting cry for peace from the onlookers.