As Beijing Opens, a Munich Survivor Talks of '72 Olympics

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"I don't feel secure," says [Dan Alon], 63, a former Israeli fencing champion. "I have a paranoia that they are looking for me."

"I really didn't talk about it, not even to my family or my friends," says Alon, who recently retired as director general of an Israeli plastics company. "I tried to stay busy with my business, with my family."

"I blame the Palestinians, and I blame the Germans for the failure to [achieve the] release of the athletes," Alon says. "But I don't blame myself. I was only surprised that I survived."

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As Beijing Opens, a Munich Survivor Talks of '72 Olympics

The Munich Olympics were meant to be a defining moment in Dan Alon's, life - but not the way they turned out.

Alon was one of five Israeli athletes who escaped the 1972 massacre of Israel's...

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