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#320 | The Florida & Munich Hostage Disasters

English Learning for Curious Minds

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How to Negotiate a Peaceful Resolution

George Giff, his estranged wife and a third man kidnapped pilot Brent Downs in 1971. They demanded he take them to the Bahamas or they would detonate a bomb. The FBI was waiting on the tarmac when the plane landed at Jacksonville Florida. It took more than two hours for police to free all three passengers.

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