Monsoor had previously been awarded Award the Silver Star in May for rescuing Rescuing an injured Bodily_harm comrade in the city .

operation eagle claw , known as operation tabas ( ) in iran , was a united states armed forces operation ordered by u.s. president jimmy carter to attempt to end Process_end the iran hostage crisis by rescuing Rescuing 52 embassy staff held Defending captive at the embassy of the united states , tehran on 24 april 1980 .

Chinese ships assisted Assistance in the search-and-rescue mission , ultimately rescuing 330 fishermen from 22 boats ; however , 21 bodies were found Know , and the remaining 220 missing were presumed killed Killing .

On December 28 , an airplane with capacity for 40 people was sent Sending to the city with the purpose of rescuing Rescuing more Brazilians .