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| Another Bad Ass rescue of 2 hostages. Inspiring read. Couldn't find a shortened version that did it justice, so prepare for a wall of text.The year was 1978 and Christmas was drawing near. EDS was working on a contract with the Iranian government to put in place a new electronic social security system. Murmurs of unrest could be heard and crisis was coming. EDS evacuated employees and their families from Tehran. However, two remained behind to deliver on promises made to the client and keep the business going. Those two, Paul Chiapparone and Bill Gaylord, were taken hostage during the political turmoil.After Perot appealed to both the US and Iranian governments on behalf of his colleagues to no avail, a more unconventional strategy began to form. EDS president and chief operating officer Jeff Heller recalls, "At that time in our history, we were more of a family than a big ol' corporation." The commitment to each other, the experience of the employees, and the family atmosphere made it seem logical to hatch plans for a rescue attempt. Operation HOTFOOT (Help Our Two Friends Out Of Tehran) was underway. EDSers Merv Stauffer and Tom Marquez visited Murphy Martin, a veteran newsman for a Dallas TV station and ABC News. Stauffer and Marquez were looking for a way to get Perot into Iran. Martin called some of his TV network contacts and learned that the news operations at ABC, CBS, and NBC used a rotating system of courier jets to get news film into and out of Iran. Martin passed the information to the EDS duo, who called a few days later to say, "It worked." "What worked?" Martin asked. "Ross got in. He made it into Iran."Perot, then EDS chief executive, had slipped into Iran on January 13, posing as a film courier for NBC. Perot had recruited the legendary Arthur D. "Bull" Simons, retired member of the U.S. Army Green Berets, to plan and help carry out the rescue. Colonel Simons asked Perot to go to the prison and let Chiapparone and Gaylord know they should be ready to go. Perot fulfilled this perilous mission even while being sought by authorities in Iran because, "Colonel Simons told me to do it." While there, Perot delivered a few things to the captives such as Christmas cards from their families, magazines, some food, and clothing. "At first, it was amazing that Ross was walking across the courtyard," Gaylord said when asked what he thought when Perot arrived at the prison. "But on second thought it wasn't because he was the only man in the world who would have done that."Perot asked men at EDS with military experience to volunteer for the rescue mission. He hoped that one out of five employees asked would join the mission. Instead, everyone said yes. "Most of these guys had been through Vietnam and had been in some really tough situations," said Chiapparone. "But they didn't have to do this. I mean, they had families to think about." The overwhelming response reinforced the idea of EDS as a family, a company whose employees are its biggest asset and whose leaders believe they have a responsibility to take care of their people."There was never any doubt in anybody's mind that we would pull it off," said team member Ralph Boulware. "We were a lot younger, a lot more assertive, a lot more confident. The concept of failing just didn't enter our minds. We rehearsed it, we talked about it, we thoroughly trusted each other and the thought of not succeeding was really not an option." Once the two were freed from the prison, their journey took them across Iran to the Turkish border. Perot recalls that luck played no small part in their successful escape. There were many close calls before the men crossed the border into Turkey and safety. |
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