Munich Massacre, 1972
During the Olympics in 1972. An Israeli Dan Alon recalled beautiful moments in the Olympics until when eight members of the Palestinian terrorist group raided the Olympic village that housed the Israelis. Armed with grenades and rifles, they killed 2 teams and held 9 hostages as they demanded the release of 234 of their patriots.
The 21-hour hostage standoff presented the world with its first live window on terrorism, and 900 million people tuned in. Stumpf’s photo of that specter with cut-out eyes is a sobering reminder of how we were all diminished when the world realized that nothing was secure.