CBS Evening News - 1985-10-08
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[0:05] The voice of terror at sea. Meet our
[0:07] demands or we will kill. In Cairo, the
[0:10] voice of relief. The ship passengers who
[0:13] got away. In America, the voice of fear
[0:16] and frustration for those still held at
[0:18] the point of a gun.
[0:19] >> We're very close family and this is just
[0:21] tearing us apart.
[0:24] >> Good evening. This is the CBS Evening
[0:25] News. Dan Rather reporting. Like a
[0:27] recurring nightmare where some details
[0:30] change, but the overall terror scenario
[0:32] stays the same. Here's what we believe
[0:34] we know tonight about the still in
[0:36] progress hijack at sea of the Italian
[0:38] cruise ship Achilaro. Exact whereabouts
[0:41] unknown. Reports unconfirmed that one,
[0:45] perhaps two Americans among the
[0:47] passenger hostages may may have been
[0:50] killed. All told, Palestinian pirates
[0:52] with weapons and explosives, continued
[0:54] to hold more than 400 hostages on the
[0:57] ship, mostly crew, up to 20 Americans
[1:01] among the non-crew. The Palestinians
[1:03] demand freedom for 50 captive comrades
[1:06] in Israeli jails or else at one point
[1:09] shipto-shore radio
[1:19] on land. The hijacker demands to talk to
[1:21] Israel. At another point, demands to
[1:24] talk to unspecified negotiators and the
[1:26] consequences of non-compliance spelled
[1:28] out. Hijacker, we will start killing at
[1:30] 1500 hours, 8 minutes from when his
[1:32] message was sent. 2 minutes to deadline,
[1:35] the hijacker speaks again. We cannot
[1:37] wait any longer. We will start killing.
[1:39] 23 minutes past the deadline, the
[1:41] hijacker speaks yet again and indicates
[1:43] the killing has already begun.
[1:47] What are the developments, Taurus? We
[1:49] will kill the second, he s