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5h 10min, sep 5, 1972 y - Negotiation

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At 5:10, the police and media are aware of the attack and the news starts to spread around the world. Black September drops a ransom note out of the window: 234 prisoners released from Israeli prisons and 2 from a German prison by 9:00 AM.
Over the next several hours, negotiators are able to move the deadline until noon, then 1:00 PM, then 3:00 PM, then 5:00 PM. The terrorists start to realize that their demands wern't going to be met. They request for two planes to fly to Cairo, Egypt.

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5h 10min, sep 5, 1972 y
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~ 53 years ago