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Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
Later that year, university students overran the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, seeking the shah’s extradition and sparking the 444-day hostage crisis that saw diplomatic relations between Iran and the U.S. severed.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2026
This time, the hostage crisis unfolds on an underground train, not in the air.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 1 Jan. 2026
In Empire City, when a hostage crisis erupts inside New York’s landmark Clybourn Building, firefighter Rhett (Butler), his squad, and his NYPD wife Dani (Atwell) must fight and navigate their way through the building to rescue the captives.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
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Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
Later that year, university students overran the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, seeking the shah’s extradition and sparking the 444-day hostage crisis that saw diplomatic relations between Iran and the U.S. severed.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2026
This time, the hostage crisis unfolds on an underground train, not in the air.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 1 Jan. 2026
In Empire City, when a hostage crisis erupts inside New York’s landmark Clybourn Building, firefighter Rhett (Butler), his squad, and his NYPD wife Dani (Atwell) must fight and navigate their way through the building to rescue the captives.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
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“Hostage crisis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hostage%20crisis. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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