Ken Taylor: 'The right man in the wrong place at the right time'

THE VANCOUVER SUN

BY ROBERT SIBLEY, OTTAWA CITIZEN, OTTAWA CITIZEN

Thirty-five years ago, in early 1980, the Canadian flag snapped high in the wind in hundreds of American cities. Talk-show callers wept on air in gratitude to Canadians. Billboards dotted the countryside with “Thank you, Canada” writ large.

This outpouring was due in large part to the cool-headed conduct of Ken Taylor, Canada’s ambassador to Iran, who in 1979 masterminded a daring plan to shelter and then smuggle six U.S. citizens out during the height of that country’s Islamic revolution. 

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