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Noise the lights went out everything was black very heavy smoke debris piled on top of me. i am pinned in my chair at my desk. >> as i got closer a pile of debris what looked like a face. couldnt possibly be a live person. then i thought i saw it wink or blink. i yelled for help and from outside came the commander. >> it felt like a furnace in there. couldnt believe any one was alive. i saw captain thomas who was trying to pull some debris i looked up to my side and i saw mr. henson about 10 fee...

Very loud noise. the lights went out. everything in black. very heavy smoke and debris piled on top of me. i am pinned in my chair at my desk. >> there is a pile of debris and i saw what looked like a face. i am pretty sure it couldnt be an alive person. i thought i saw a blink. i yelled for help. from outside came the commander. >> it feels like a furnace in there. couldnt believe there was anyone alive and i saw captain thomas who was trying to pull debris and i looked off to my side and i saw...

>> it wanstantaneous, just a very loud noise. the lights went out. everything in black. very heavy smoke and debris piled on top of me. i am pinned in my chair at my desk. >> there is a pile of debris and i saw what looked like a face. i am pretty sure it couldnt be an alive person. i thought i saw a blink. i yelled for help. from outside came the commander. >> it feels like a furnace in there. couldnt believe there was anyone alive and i saw captain thomas who was trying to pull debris and i lo...

>> it was instantaneous, just a very loud noise. the lights went out. everything in black. very heavy smoke and debris piled on top of me. i am pinned in my chair at my desk. >> there is a pile of debris and i saw what looked like a face. i am pretty sure it couldnt be an alive person. i thought i saw a blink. i yelled for help. from outside came the commander. >> it feels like a furnace in there. couldnt believe there was anyone alive and i saw captain thomas who was trying to pull debris and i...

>> it was instantaneous, just a very loud noise. the lights went out. everything in black. very heavy smoke and debris piled on top of me. i am pinned in my chair at my desk. >> there is a pile of debris and i saw what looked like a face. i am pretty sure it couldnt be an alive person. i thought i saw a blink. i yelled for help. from outside came the commander. >> it feels like a furnace in there. couldnt believe there was anyone alive and i saw captain thomas who was trying to pull debris and i...

Just a very loud noise. the lights went out. everything is black. very heavy smoke. debris piled on top of me. so, im pinned in my chair at my desk. >> as i came into focus a little closer. this pile of debris i saw what looked like a face. pretty sure it couldnt possibly be a live person but then i thought i saw it wink or blink. and i yelled for help and from outside came the commander. >> it feels like a furnace in there. and i couldnt believe there is anyone alive in there i saw captain thom...

Locals loyalties. this is taliban stronghold. a lot of fighting. spiritual home in kandahar city. when they leave, the taliban be offering more to the locals than this government and police forces stood up. thats the question of the work. >> this is a captain from long meadow, mass. hes been in afghanistan for ten months. hes been here in what i like to think of as south central kandahar city for three days. thanks for taking time to talk to us. >> my pleasure. >> theres a bunch of -- theres a b...

That right? >> thats right. >> how far out does it start from here? >> you can see it from here. that bridge where that bus is. >> i see. right here. >> thats it. >> its famous in the states now. people know about how much fighting is going on there. the role of this check point is to stop the trouble from becoming the trouble in kandahar city? >> exactly. >> we are at check point 74 on the southwest side of kandahar city. there will be 13 of them ringing the city. disrupt the freedom of movemen...

Argandab district and kandahar city. is that right? >> right. >> how far is the district out? >> you can see it from here. that is the argandab. >> it is famous in the states because people know how much fighting is going on. >> right. >> the role of this checkpoint is to stop the trouble there from coming to kandahar city? >> definitely. >> the idea of the checkpoint is there will be 13 of them ringing the city, to essentially disrupt the freedom of movement of insurgents who may be operating b...

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