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Don’t look here, look there. Was now the moment, as it were, to jump ship? So he was smiling. And then two men arrived. And while there was safety in numbers, being part of a group also had its drawbacks.

CORA AMBURN-LIJEK: Joe Stafford kept calling me Cora, which was unnerving since my passport didn't have that name on it.

The Shah went first to Egypt, then Morocco, and finally to Mexico, but he really wanted to go to the US. Eventually, in October, the American president, Jimmy Carter, gave in to pressure to allow him to enter the country for medical treatment. And that's what we kept saying: ‘Oh, yeah, they did it all.’ And we didn't say explicitly, to my recollection, that the CIA was not involved.

He has traveled as a sponsored professional to over 20 countries and is known internationally for his skill.

Alexis Tucci Esq., – Honorary Inductee

Mr. The government said: ‘You go. On Sunday evening, they all had dinner. But it was also a terrifying leap into the unknown. He began his music career writing and performing for The Hallmarks a popular band on the Jersey Shore in the 1960’s and 70’s.

So they moved house again.

CORA AMBURN-LIJEK: People were helping us but it was kind of scary being in a car. The plan that had been told to us very early on in mid-November was that we would be escorted to the airport by a group of Western ambassadors and, sort of, presented to the Iranians: ‘Here, here's these other six, why don't you let them on the airplane as well?’

NARRATOR: As though the Iranians were going to say: ‘Sure, have a great trip.’ Right.

The hostages were finally released on the day the next president, Ronald Reagan, was inaugurated. And some of his other exploits making somebody look like a person of a different race, and things like that. The quiet man from the CIA had done his job and melted back into obscurity. Then there’s the human element. Just tell them that. We had driver's licenses, health cards, credit cards...

Blink and you’ll miss it. Mark and Cora, the Staffords, Bob Anders, and Lee Schatz were on their way home to the US.

CORA AMBURN-LIJEK: They took us to Dover Air Force Base. We had matchbooks, things. What are they doing?