The NYPD's pilot program for hostage negotiation undergoes its first trial in January 1973, when four men rob John and Al’s sporting goods store in Brooklyn seeking revenge for a mass murder in Washington, DC. Though an early gun battle leaves three cops shot—and one dead—police hold their fire for almost two days as they negotiate with the robbers, who now possess an arsenal of weapons and ammunition.

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