How did the 1972 Munich Massacre affect people at the time?

Question: How did the 1972 Munich Massacre affect people at the time!?
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Reactions of course varied according to where you were and whether or not you were involved by nationality!.
The Israelis, more specifically the Israeli Olympic team was devastated!. They left the Olympics compound to return home as soon as the result at the airport was known!.

Jim McKay, recently departed, was the on air announcer for ABC television at the time!. He later said that it was easily the worst moment of his life!.

Many Americans ended their work or school days when the first news came over television and took to watching the uninterrupted broadcast from Munich until the small hours of the morning!.

German citizens, the hosts of the games, were embarrassed and guilty about the events because the terrorists were a German group!.

Avery Brundidge, the Chairman of the I!.O!.C )International Olympic Committee) spoke the next morning at the stadium and determined that the games would continue and be dedicated to the memory of the murdered Israeli athletes!. Until he died, Brundidge was criticized and second guessed for that decision!.

The closing ceremonies of the games had a moving memorial and tribute to the murdered Israelis!. The President and Prime Minister of Israel spoke to the assembled athletes via closed circuit!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

As I remember it, the horror of this terrorist attack was heightened by the fact that the opportunity to perpetrate it, with maximum publicity, was presented by the Olympics !.!.!. held in Germany for the first time since the Games presided over by Hitler!. This was further exacerbated by the lax security afforded the Israeli contingent, by the apparently bungled rescue attempt by West Germany, and by the subsequent hijacking of a Lufhansa flight that saw the few terrorists apprehended set free, to return to a heroes' welcome in the Middle East!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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