But Never Forgotten

Thought to be the only such U.S. memorial to commemorate the 11 Israelis murdered by terrorists during the 1972 Munich Olympics, the JCC of Rockland, N.Y., recently unveiled "Munich 11," an eight-foot stainless steel abstract Olympic torch. Inscribed with the names of the lost, the memorial will be displayed at the Jewish Community Campus in West Nyack.

"It is a flame that cannot be extinguished," said JCC Chief Executive Officer David Kirschtel. "It rests on the shoulders of athletes who can never be forgotten." Local artist Eric David Laxman had the honor of creating the memorial.

The father of one of the athletes, 94-year-old Ben Berger, spoke at the unveiling. "Athletes get along well," he said. "It's the countries themselves that are the problem."

His son, David, was a weightlifter for Israel. Ohio born and raised, the younger Berger attended Tulane University before earning business and law degrees from Columbia University. When ABC's Jim McKay learned that the nine remaining hostages taken to the Furstenfeldbruck airbase outside of Munich were killed when German officials botched a rescue attempt, he "realized in the end, I am going to be the person who is going to tell David Berger's family whether he is alive or dead."

He would do it with three famous words — "They're all gone."

But never forgotten.