During the Iranian Hostage Crisis I was a paper-boy. Every afternoon I would load up my 3-speed bicycle with about fifty copies of the Trenton Times and deliver them to my neighbors. I obviously noticed what was on the front-page, and the front-page always had a box with a graphic telling me how many days the hostages had been in captivity. It would eventually grow to 444 days. As a 9-10 year-old boy, I learned to have some definite antipathy for Iran. I later learned about our history with the Shah and developed a more nuanced view of Iran, Iranians, and the Iranian Hostage Crisis. But I still retain a basic bad feeling about the Iranian government. And I think it is totally justified.
What were you doing during the hostage crisis?
