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| "True Canadian hero" dies |
| 2013-01-01 |
| OTTAWA — “Hell yes. Of course. Count on us.” With those words to an endangered U.S. diplomat in November 1979, John Sheardown, then Canada’s top immigration official in Iran, launched what would become known as “the Canadian Caper.” For the next three months, Sheardown and Canadian Ambassador Ken Taylor sheltered six U.S. diplomats in their private homes. The six Americans were spirited out of Iran in January 1980. Sheardown, a Second World War bomber pilot and an Order of Canada recipient, died Sunday at The Ottawa Hospital. He was 88. |
| Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |
| #4 Canadians can still buy beer at par in the bars in Buffalo, NY by way of thanks for Ambassador Sheardown's heroism. Granted, now that the Canadian dollar is stronger than ours, it's not quite the special treatment it was when the ratio was the other way round, but even so. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2013-01-01 18:30 |
| #3 Not going to see Argo because I don't want to put any money in Ben Asshat's pockets. Will wait for bitorrent... |
| Posted by: Beldar Squank3712 2013-01-01 15:12 |
| #2 The biggest problem with the movie is that it downplays the heroism of the Canadians. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2013-01-01 14:06 |
| #1 If you haven't seen the movie, 'Argo,' that depicts this, I highly recommend it. |
| Posted by: USN,Ret. 2013-01-01 13:25 |