Do you remember 1972? If so, please respond to this discussion.

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I don't want this to get political, so I hesitate to post this. But I'm very curious to know the memories of an event for people who remember 1972. I am talking about the summer Olympic games that went on in Munich, Germany. When the Isreali athletes and coaches were taken hostage one morning in their sleeping quarters by Palestinian terrorists. Which was followed by a botched rescue attempt (terrorists killed the men, not the German police) that resulted in the death of all the Isrealis. I have asked my dad about his memories, but he was seventeen, and they didn't have a television in the house. I doubt he read the paper. So he didn't have anything to tell me. Neither did my mom because dementia has robbed her of any memories she might have. So I'd like to know what everyone remembers from that event. When you found out, how did you feel, what was your country's reaction, and would you have been in favor of a moment of silence in light of this year's games being the 40th anniversary of this tragedy? (A moment of silence was given by Bob Costas for American audiences since the IOC refused to do it themselves. The IOC has always refused to have a moment of silence over the years for fear of "offending" Arab nations.)