reconciliation for understanding. he was a positive image for the u.s. >> that's right. >> and he became the most prominent american in beirut at the time because you mentioned the embassy bombing. marine bar ricks that were bombs. 300 marines were killed. awful. the military lapse. the embassy basically after it was bombed, i don't remember if it was closed, but it was obviously basically shut down for the most part. the american university campus became sort of the next most obvious place where you were going to find americans and he was the president. >> then you got a call. your dorm room. >> 3:00 in the morning. my dorm room and a man named bahin, good armenian name, he worked at the university, great family friend. he called me to give me the news