Sucessful Hostage Situations?

Qwertyasdfg · September 4, 2001, 6:10pm

Has there ever been a hostage situation in the USA in which the criminals were sucessful?

By “sucessful” I mean able to escape incarceration, or achieveing some kind of political objective such as having a prisoner released, or things like that.

therealblaze · September 4, 2001, 6:20pm

SDMB:Have hijackers/terrorists ever been successful?.

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