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Friendly casualties until they could be evacuated. he returned to the perimeter to help propel the enemy under the final extraction helicopter had arrived. as it was loaded, the enemy began to overrun the companys position and the marine door gunner was shot in the neck. sergeant rose saved his life. the helicopter carrying sergeant rose crashed several hundred meters from the extraction point. despite his wounds from the past three days, sergeant rose continued to pull and carry unconscious and...

Slide down. come on down more right below kirstie, all right. >> whew. >> i was an aerial door gunner with a .50 caliber. the actual day of my crash last thing i remember is the crew in the back calling for power. and i remember wearing my night vision goggles and looking that ground and all you have time do is this is going to hurt. >> she went in for her amputation and they cut and thats the moment i wept shes going to need to be shaken up. >> he approached me with the idea of climbing the har...

>> im a little nervous. >> lean back. push off. slide down. come on down more right below kirstie, all right. >> whew. >> i was an aerial door gunner with a .50 caliber. >> you were the gal hanging out the door with the big gun? >> yes. the actual day of my crash, the last thing i remember is the crew in the back calling for power. and i remember wearing my night vision goggles and looking at the ground and all you have time do is think, this is going to hurt. >> she went in for her amputation a...

And a door gunner. and in adverse weather conditions he accepted a mission to train people for combat in the future. and in that he gave all and lost his life. >> kristin fisher has more from washington. kristin? >> reporter: its been 80 days since staff sergeant thomas nor florich was killed. he was killed in a black hawk helicopter crash off the coast of florida. he had never deployed overseas but had been a soldier in the louisiana national guard for eight years. still, because he was not on ...

Capacity as a crew chief. and a door gunner. and in adverse weather conditions he accepted a mission to train people for combat in the future. and in that he gave all and lost his life. >> kristin fisher has more from washington. kristin? >> reporter: its been 80 days since staff sergeant thomas nor florich was killed. he was killed in a black hawk helicopter crash off the coast of florida. he had never deployed overseas but had been a soldier in the louisiana national guard for eight years. sti...