#219. 10 Years in SAS - Rusty Firmin

Eventful Lives Podcast

Dodge Woodall

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🗓️ 28 February 2024

⏱️ 103 minutes

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Summary

Rusty Firmin is a top SAS legend known for his crucial involvement in the 1980 Iranian embassy siege.

We talk through the mission of saving the hostages and taking down 6 armed men.

Rusty recalls the meticulous planning of the siege and describes what it was like to be part of it.

This is The Eventful Life of Mr Rusty Firmin

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0:00.0	May 5th, 1980, the SAS stormed the Iranian embassy in London, ending a six-day siege.
0:07.0	When I got there, there was 25 hostages being held by six armed gunmen.
0:12.0	They executed a guy called Lavasani.
0:15.0	Threw him outside. That was proof of murder.
0:18.0	Carry an MP-fight machine gun Backup weapon was 9mm,
0:21.6	brown, then flashbang grenades, shotguns.
0:24.4	Yeah.
0:25.5	Stand two, stand down.
0:26.9	That means you get ready.
0:28.3	Go, go, go.
0:30.3	What do you mean by it?
0:31.2	It's an inside job.
0:32.7	Welcome to the Eventful Lives podcast.
0:34.8	I'm your host Dodge and I'm the founder of Bournemouth Sevens,
0:37.3	the world's largest sport and music festival. On this podcast, I speak to proper characters
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0:51.2	100 million views. Rusty Furman is a top SAS legend known for his crucial involvement in the 1980 Iranian embassy siege.
1:00.0	We talked through the mission of saving the hostages and taking down the sixth armed men.
1:05.0	Rusty recalls the meticulous planning and pressure surrounding the siege and describes what it was like to be part of it.
1:11.3	This is the eventful life of Mr. Rusty Furman.
1:14.9	Rusty, welcome to the show, mate.
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