1.   After three days of failed rescue attempts by Russian divers, Putin requested international help to save the crew.

2.   But Sergeyev put much of the blame for the failed rescue effort on a lack of funding that left the navy short of divers and equipment.

3.   He emerged from that with his reputation intact after putting together an ultimately failed rescue plan.

4.   In an interview to the local Murmansk television station, he wondered aloud about the failed rescue attempts.

5.   In the immediate aftermath of the failed rescue operation in Bir Nabala, questions arose about whether the raid could have been handled differently or avoided altogether.

6.   Meanwhile, he said, the Carter administration escalated the tensions and prolonged the crisis with economic sanctions and a failed rescue attempt in the desert.

7.   More crucially, John knows his dad, a fireman, will be killed in a failed heroic rescue the next day.

8.   The bravery of Weiss and others who took part in the failed rescue inspired Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and other officials to praise them.

9.   The failed rescue attempt was a debacle when three of eight helicopters broke down and eight servicemen were killed in the operation.

10.   Waxman was killed during a failed rescue attempt by the army.