Ontario Airport hostage crisis

Majority of the early hours of Day 5 were centered around the hostage crisis at the Ontario Airport. The attack was initiated by a medium sized group of Dawn Brigade separatists under Anton Beresch. Their motives were to stop the peace treaty between President Charles Logan and Russian President Yuri Suvarov which they believe will increase the sufferings of their country. They took dozens of hostages inside the terminal and threatened to execute one hostage live on television every 15 minutes until the treaty is cancelled.

Jack Bauer, while looking for Chevensky, was alerted by the attack and hid inside the air vents. When CTU was planning a rescue operation, Bauer offered to spy on the terrorists and relay their positions to Curtis Manning. Bill Buchanan, along with the rest of CTU Los Angeles, also monitored the situation.