ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) – On April 25, 1980, a mission to rescue 52 American hostages in Iran ended in disaster.
A helicopter collided with a transport plane in the Iranian desert, killing eight crew members.
“I know that our entire nation feels the deep gratitude I feel for the brave men who were prepared to rescue their fellow Americans from captivity,” President Jimmy Carter said in an address to the nation…