Kathryn Koob then and now

Bob CollinsBob Collins Nov 4, 2009
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I mentioned in an earlier post that the All Things Considered folks ran into Kathryn Kobe at the church lunch next door to the World Headquarters of News Cut today — the 30th anniversary of the day the Iranian Revolution took over the U.S. embassy in Iran.

She and 51 others (only one other hostage was a woman) would be held for 444 days.

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They were finally released minutes after President Ronald Reagan took his oath at the inauguration.

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On Tuesday, incidentally, Minnesotan Bruce Laingen, who was in charge at the embassy, was Gary Eichten’s guest on Midday.