On this day 53 years ago, September 5, 1972 (July 28, 1972 lunar calendar), the Munich Olympic Games massacre. A German guard blocked the escape of terrorists in the Olympic Village. At the 20th Olympic Games held in Munich, Germany in September 1972, the host country built a modern competition venue, used accurate electronic timers and laser rangefinders for the first time, and opened the satellite global TV broadcast for the first time. When the Games were successfully carried out for 2/3 of the schedule, the predecessor of the Abu-Nidal "terrorist company", "Black September", created a tragedy rare in the history of the Olympic Games. At 5 a.m. on Sept. 5, or 4 a.m., Greenwich Mean Time, as the athletes were getting up for the 10th day of the Olympics, a commando team of about 10 members of the Palestinian "Black September" crept into the Olympic Village. The men, dressed in black, blacked their hands and faces, and armed, climbed over the wall and entered the village under the cover of hazy weather. Guards had seen someone enter, but thought he was one of those athletes who had gone out late at night and had returned quietly without a pass. Terrorists stormed the Israeli delegation compound in the 31st district. Gunshots broke the silence of the sleeping Olympic Village. Moshe Weinberger, an Israeli weightlifting coach, was the first to notice a small group of gunmen touching the door of the Israeli athletes' residence. He shouted "Run for your life!" A row of bullets shot him down. He became the first casualty of the incident. The Israeli players woke up from their sleep. Coach Moshe, who was almost naked, was seen lying in a pool of blood. One of the leaders, Yusuf Gottfrew, was shot down while trying to close the door to block the commandos. As a result, nine Israeli athletes were taken hostage. By 9 a.m., the entire Olympic village was surrounded by 12,000 police officers and 24 snipers. By midday, the terrorists had demanded the release of 200 Palestinians held in Israeli jails and their safe departure from West Germany. After nearly a full day of negotiations, West Germany agreed to send planes to transport the terrorists and hostages to Cairo and three helicopters to transport them from the Olympic village to the Brook military airport in Fistenfeld. At this time, the West Germans, fearing that the lives of the Israeli hostages would be in danger when they arrived in Cairo, decided to launch an attack at the airport to rescue the hostages. At the airport, the Israeli hostages had agreed to fly to Cairo with their captors. The German police were not sure about the success of the operation. The terrorists forced the helicopter's pilot to stand in front, and then the terrorist leader inspected the Cairo-bound passenger plane they were about to board. This made it difficult to shoot. At the same time, the lights created many shadows, making it difficult to distinguish the hostages from the commandos. However, the Germans still opened fire. They missed the target at first, thus losing the power of the surprise attack. As soon as the gunshots rang out, the terrorists immediately fired at the hostages as they threatened. The shooting of the Federal German Guard did not stop, and nine Israeli athletes were already lying on the airport. A kidnapper fired a grenade from inside the helicopter, and the helicopter suddenly became a fire. Other terrorists fired at the firetruck. The firetruck was prevented from approaching the helicopter to put out the fire and rescue the hostages. Nine Israeli athletes, two police officers, and five terrorists were killed in the shootout. Four terrorists were arrested. The day after the incident, a commentary was made on the Egyptian capital Cairo's radio station "Voice of Palestine". The commentary said that the responsibility for the Munich deaths rested with the German and Israeli authorities. Israel rejected the Palestinians' conditions, and therefore the hostages were saved; the Germans forced the guerrillas to shoot in self-defense and kill the hostages. On September 6, the president of the International Olympic Committee declared the day a day of mourning, and the Munich Stadium game was suspended for one day and changed to a memorial service attended by 80,000 people. The game resumed on September 7. The Olympic stadium was flown at half-mast to pay tribute to the victims of the attackA photographer captured footage of masked terrorists peeking into the burning helicopter at Munich Airport, a graveyard for nine hostages, and a masked terrorist appeared from time to time on the balcony where the Israeli athletes were staying during negotiations