Many headed to Munich,
hoping for bier-soaked games;
but Black September had other plans
to deliver a Mighty fist.
Wearing tracksuits and toting gym bags
packed with grenades and AKMs,
they entered the unwary apartment
where Israeli athletes were asleep.
Slaying two and taking nine
to trade for their Arab brothers
with an allahu akbar,
they demanded a flight to Cairo.
As copters were encircling,
snipers unguided and untrained
sprang a reckless ambush,
the terrorists returning fire.
A rescue turned bloodbath,
nine and more were lost
in smoke, gunfire, and explosion,
three captors taken alive.
But, vilely these were later let go,
exchanged for Lufthansa Flight 615
so they could receive “hero’s welcome”
as they landed in Tripoli.
© 1973, Kenneth Koziol. All rights reserved.
