'He saved our lives.' A former US hostage reflects on Carter's legacy : Consider This from NPR
'He saved our lives.' A former US hostage reflects on Carter's legacy Enlarge this image toggle caption -/CONSOLIDATED NEWS PICTURES/AFP v -/CONSOLIDATED NEWS PICTURES/AFP v Jimmy Carter's four years in the White House were largely defined by an event that took place halfway through his term. On November 4th, 1979 Iranian college students took over the US Embassy in Tehran, and took 52 Americans hostage. The Iranian Hostage crisis helped doom Jimmy Carter's presidency, but for some of the people he helped free, he was a hero. For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org Email us at considerthis@npr.org Sponsor Message This episode was produced by Elena Burnett and edited by Courtney Dorning.
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