window and the side window, a big bang or roar. he s so close to the explosion that his heavily armored suburban is launched into the air. and it landed back on the four wheels. the thing about it is, you automatically knew it was a car bomb. i thought, i can t believe it. this is a car bomb. this is crazy. it s about to get even crazier. i thought the coast was clear, we were safe. we d gotten away from this car bomb. i said, my gosh, somehow we escaped miraculously. but the huge explosion is just the beginning of a carefully coordinated attack on the security checkpoint at the palestine and sheraton hotels, home to western journalists and one of the most fortified compounds in baghdad. it s also where carl was heading for a meeting. there was a car that was behind us. and the car that was behind us swerved from behind us and kept going down that road and headed straight for that checkpoint. and that was the second suicide
like, wow, look how big it is. and then, whoo, they missed. so you get a big group of emotions running at the same time. they have several close calls, but the unit doesn t lose anyone in its yearlong tour. but the soldiers will remember this drive through the desert for a long time to come. holy [ muted ]. i don t know how anybody could forget that who was in that vehicle. it will stick with you for a while. whoa! holy [ muted ]. everybody good? baghdad, iraq. october 24th, 2005. it s late afternoon when a surveillance camera pointed at a traffic circle captures an suv slowing down. suddenly, it explodes. nbc news bureau chief carl bostic is in the traffic circle when it happens. everything around me was just orange, you know, from the front window and the side window, a big bang or roar. he s so close to the explosion that his heavily armored suburban is launched into the air.