november 1979. at one point, i thought they were going to burn me alive. the iranian revolutionaries would parade hostages, blindfolded in the streets, and it would get worse. we went through mock executions. some of them were large scale, where they gathered about 20 of us, had us stand up against the wall and went through the ready, aim, fire in farsi and then you got a click. my fear wasn t being killed. certainly, that was a fear, but my greater fear was being left in a dungeon for 20 or 30 years. the iranians hated president carter, he said. the hostages would not be free until carter was out of office that inaugural day. we were given to believe that this was the final payback to jimmy carter. in those last hours, even as the hostages were being taken to
where they gathered about 20 of us, had us stand up against the wall and went through the ready, aim, fire in farsi and then you got a click. my fear wasn t being killed. certainly, that was a fear, but my greater fear was being left in a dungeon for 20 or 30 years. the iranians hated president carter, he said. the hostages would not be free until carter was out of office that inaugural day. we were given to believe that this was the final payback to jimmy carter. in those last hours, even as the hostages were being taken to the airport in tehran, there was still uncertainty. you know, until we got on that plane, there was no sure thing. i mean, this went right down to the very end in terms of the iranian government. in washington, as
overrun by student demonstrators in november 1979. at one point i thought they were going to burn me alive. reporter: the iranian revolutionaries would parade hostages, blindfolded in the streets, and it would get worse. we went through mock executions. some of them were large scale, where they gathered about 20 of us, had us stand up against the wall and went through the ready, aim, fire in farsi and then click. my fear wasn t being killed. certainly that was a fear. my greater fear was being left in a dungeon for 20 or 30 years. the iranians hated president carter, he said. the hostages would not be free until carter was out of office that inaugural day. we were given to believe that this was the final pay back to jimmy carter. in those last hours, even as
at one point, i thought they were going to burn me alive. the iranian revolutionaries would parade hostages, blindfolded in the streets, and it would get worse. we went through mock executions. some of them were large scale, where they gathered about 20 of us, had us stand up against the wall and went through the ready, aim, fire in farsi and then you got a click. my fear wasn t being killed. certainly, that was a fear, but my greater fear was being left in a dungeon for 20 or 30 years. the iranians hated president carter, he said. the hostages would not be free until carter was out of office that inaugural day. we were given to believe that this was the final payback to jimmy carter. in those last hours, even as the hostages were being taken to the airport in tehran, there was still uncertainty.