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Into History.

com. It's April 17, 1975 at the Olympic Stadium in Pena.

It's April 17, 1975 at the Olympic Stadium in Penan Penn, the capital of Cambodia.

As his car door flings open, Prime Minister Long Borre dashes out, rushing toward the stadium's field where a helicopter

waits for him.

This chopper might be his last hope of escaping the Comer Rouge.

Seven years ago, this violent communist insurgency began a takeover of Cambodia.

Now the capital's fall is imminent and the Prime Minister knows he will be one of the first executed if he doesn't escape now, but leaving is tricky.

Camar Rouge have completely surrounded the city.

Long Bore's only way out is by air.

Breathless, the Prime Minister jumps into the waiting chopper, but he's out of luck.

When the pilot tries to start the aircraft, nothing happens.

The pilot looks dumbfounded, frantically flipping switches and checking dials, but nothing he does can get the helicopter started.

Longbore curses and sprints back to his car.

He had hoped for a speedy getaway, but temporary shelter is now the next best thing.

There's a government building nearby where he thinks he can hide from the Comer Rouge for a little while longer.

As Long Bore begins the treacherous journey through town, the city's chaos is revealed to him.

All through the streets, the armed forces of the Khmer Rouge corral terrified residents at gunpoint,

forcing them to evacuate the city,

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