My son sent me this story today. If you want to read an edge-of-your-seat true story about what went on during the Iran hostage crisis in 1979, you will LOVE this! Six embassy employees escaped on the day the embassy was taken over, but were trapped in hiding in Iran. Tony Mendez, a CIA genius, found a way out. This story should be made into a movie. I'd pay full price to see it! So, pour yourself a Diet Coke, make yourself comfy, and follow this link:Here's a preview:
"...Mendez hit upon an unusual but strangely credible plan: He'd become Kevin Costa Harkins, an Irish film producer leading his preproduction crew through Iran to do some location scouting for a big-budget Hollywood epic. Mendez had contacts in Hollywood from past collaborations. (After all, they were in the same business of creating false realities.) And it wouldn't be surprising, Mendez thought, that a handful of eccentrics from Tinseltown might be oblivious to the political situation in revolutionary Iran. The Iranian government, incredibly, was trying to encourage international business in the country. They needed the hard currency, and a film production could mean millions of US dollars. "
American creativity fills me with such patriotic pride! Read the whole story. How exciting!!!
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