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The Survivor: From the Holocaust to the Munich Massacre, One Athlete’s Incredible Story

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4.63.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

50 years ago this month marks one of the darkest moments in sports history – the Munich Massacre, when Palestinian terrorists murdered 11 members of the Israeli delegation at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Shaul Ladany, now 86, was one of the Israeli athlete’s who survived the massacre, just as he had survived World War II and the Holocaust when he was a child. Ladany’s life is explored in the new E60 documentary, “The Survivor.” Jeremy Schaap traveled to Israel and Germany to profile a man of unmatched endurance and perseverance, someone who still competes to this day after surviving the worst horrors of the 20th century. “The Survivor” will debut on Tuesday, Sept. 20 at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN, and will be available on ESPN+ following the premiere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Jeremy, chef, you recently traveled all over the planet to report one of the most staggering

0:04.9

stories that you and E 60 have ever done. And you tell it through the life of this one

0:11.2

man. Who is it? Pablo, his name is Shou Ladani and he is now 86 years old. And he competed

0:19.6

in two Olympic games as a race walker and he's, he's kind of a legend in the sport. He's still

0:24.9

holds the world record and his specialty was the longer races, the longer the better for Shou

0:31.1

U. This past winter when we started putting this story together, our crew met Shou U. in his

0:37.0

house at two in the morning in Israel. So they could travel with him up to Tel Aviv for the

0:44.5

Tel Aviv marathon. And he was going to do the half marathon. So 13.1 miles at the time at the age

0:54.1

of 85 man. What is the hardest part in the half marathon? Yes, the first 21 kilometers.

1:10.0

You're not afraid? I'm not afraid of anything.

1:15.1

Pablo, the thing about Shou U. The race walking element of his story is perhaps one of the least

1:28.0

interesting parts of it is interesting is I find race walking. I know you do as well. Sam,

1:32.6

absolutely. The race walking is a conduit to his bigger story, which is a remarkable story.

1:43.3

You could say an unmatched story of facing the worst horrors of the 20th century and living through

1:51.6

them. This is an ITN Newsflash from the Olympic Village in Munich, where early this morning armed

2:00.8

Palestinian guerrillas raided the sleeping quarters of the Israeli team. Pablo, 50 years ago,

2:08.1

this month in Munich, the Olympics there, the Games of the 20th Olympiad, was shattered when

2:15.0

terrorists broke into the Olympic Village early on the morning of September 5th, 1972,

2:21.1

and attacked the Israeli delegation. The gunmen shot dead two Israelis and are now holding

2:26.8

20 athletes and six officials as hostages. Shou U. was one of the Israelis in the delegation,

2:35.2

staying in apartment two at 31 Connelly Strasse. That's the story that we want to tell on the 50th

2:40.9

anniversary what happened there, this terrible tragedy at Munich. But for Shou U. it was not the

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