canadian who hid americans in iran dead

[staropeace]

A UNSUNG HERO

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/...929/story.html

[Moderator]

We owe him many thanks for all he did. He and his family took a huge risk in protecting the Americans. I remembered some of what had happened at the time but watched Argo about a month or so ago and was surprised to hear the story behind the story. I'd never known about the fake movie part of their escape until Argo came out.

[Neesy]

Ms. Mod - was the movie Argo any good? I need to take hubby out so he can get over his Arctic isolation syndrome plus we like popcorn!

[Moderator]

I liked it a lot. I'm not sure how much liberty they took with the historical accuracy, but knowing it was based on real events made it that much more interesting to me.

[GNTLGNT]

...what a man, and in a way-a paying it forward after what he would have seen and witnessed in WW2, with those trying to shelter Jews during the holocaust, or even a tip of the hat to folks who helped slaves during the ramp up to abolition...