Surviving Disaster Season 1 Episode 6
Iran Hostage Rescue
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Examining the United States' failed attempt to end the 1980 siege at their embassy in Tehran. A combination of poor planning and schoolboy errors led to the deaths of eight American servicemen as they sought to rescue the 53 remaining hostages. The debacle raised the Ayetollah's profile and is said to have directly contributed to President Carter's failure to be re-elected. The crisis finally and peacefully concluded after 444 days, in January 1981- Online
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Cast
- Lamar Newmeyer as Jim Schaefer
- Cathy Rankin as Schaefer's date
- Kyle Sorell as BJ McGuire
- Scott Dillon as Walter Dehoust
- Bill Cook as John Carney
- Gene Ganssle as Bud McBroom
- Scott Spangler as Joseph JJ Beyers
- Hayley Ozalvo as Nickie Mitchell
- Michael Liddy as Loader
- Michael Tassoni as Les Petty
- Rich Meek as Charlie Beckwith
- David Morden as Ranger
- Slade Hall as Soldier
- Cliff Smith as Ed Sieffert
- Judy Le Beau as Nurse
- Richard Alleman as Warren Christopher
- Tom Clarke-Hill as CIA agent
- Mike Valletta as Logan Fitch
- Matthew Marsh as James Vaught
- William Hope as Jim Kyle
- Tim Ahern as Cyrus Vance
- Gregory Floy as Zbigniew Brzezinski
- Glenn Conroy as Jimmy Carter
- Colin Stinton as Voice of Jimmy Carter
Credits
- Clara Glynn Director, Scriptwriter, Writer
- Greg Lanning Series-Producer
