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Razi Crossing

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In the summer of 1978, John Burchill was a bored and broke college dropout trying to live on in Munich, Germany. Desperate for money and hungry for adventure, John and his sidekick Pat Tiahrt make a decision to take an ill-advised job running used cars to Iran. Knowing full well that they were taking part in an illegal and potentially risky venture, they defied their parent’s wishes and headed to Iran.

On the dangerous journey to Iran, John and Pat find various adventure and excitement until they are apprehended by Iranian authorities on their way home. At Razi Crossing, they make a most fateful mistake that lands them in prison for what could be upwards of five years of incarceration.

In the ensuing months, the reality of incarceration quickly becomes a secondary concern as the full fury of Iranian revolution soon exploded all around them. Satirically, the prison walls provide an unexpected sanctuary amidst the chaos raging outside. That is, until someday when a prison riot led to a fire, and ultimately, the mass breakout of 2,000 inmates.

John and Pat sign up for the escaping hoards and run for their lives into the night. They find secure harbor at the American consulate in Tabriz, but their refuge there was short-lived. In a matter of days, vigilante gunmen storm the consulate in a hail of machinegun fire, taking everyone including the American Consul captive. John and nine others who survived the violent take-over now found themselves accused of being CIA spies!

At the Revolutionary headquarters, the Americans were paraded in front of an angry mob chanting “Death to America, death to CIA.” To John, it seemed there was no way out as they faced almost certain execution at the hands of an angry mob. Only with the courageous intervention of the American consul and some miraculous luck, they not only have shyed away from execution as spies, but instead became accidental heroes of the revolution!

Even after being exonerated and hailed as brothers of the revolution, their long journey home was still fraught with danger and unexpected pitfalls. Civil order had broken down in the nation and armed radical Islamists in every single place thirsted for American blood. In any case, it would take not just a miracle, but many more miracles to bring John and Pat home safely.

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