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So many times. the state department guys had now left the compound. they were gone. they were on their way back to ours. >> rone tells them, "make sure you take a left." and then in the confusion of the counter attack... >> yes. >> ...they take a right. >> take a right. i said to myself -- well, i cant say what i said toyself on camera. but it was, "damn, you knuckleheads." now were holding a piece of property that, basically, that theres nobody else on. >> the t.l., he just comes over the radio...

>> meanwhile youre pretty banged up. >> yeah, just a little bit. i got hit in the chest, up and down my side. i got hit in the throat. and im like, "yeah, i guess ill have to." and so i hook my top arm around the top rung of the ladder and just climbed over, and was concentrating on just thinking, "you know, if i dont -- if i fall now, im gonna break my neck and die. and thats the last thing i want to do." so im just concentrating on getting my feet on that rung. and sure enough, i slip. and, lu...

Get some medical help. the other guys asked what they could do, and i told them to get up on the various buildings. and we had one get up on each one of these buildings here. and i went back up on this building until our guys come in. they knew where they needed to go. so each one of them went to their pre-positioned or preplanned positions. jack is up on this roof. rones up here. >> and d.b. yeah, tanto and d.b. are... >> tanto and d.b. are here. tig is over in this corner, initially. and im ov...

Laying down hate. >> laying hate. >> laying hate down through this avenue of approach from here. i started to engage with him. i ran out of ammo, knelt down, changed magazines. and right as im coming up and i start to re-engage, another mortar hits almost to the center of the building here. and that one, it knocked me back. and thats what hit rone. rone was standing to my left. i got knocked back. and as i stood back up, i saw him out of the corner of my eye. and he was in a fetal position in th...

But he makes it to the window. he opens it and drops out. only then does he realize stevens and smith havent followed. he goes back in several times but cant find them. finally, exhausted and choking, he climbs to the roof and radios alec henderson and dave ubben, two security agents elsewhere inside the compound. his message, "the ambassador and sean smith are missing." >> now, tig, you and jack and rone are going the front gate. >> front gate, yes. >> and its open? >> when i was standing right...

Been there about an hour. me and rone were talking about that, wondering, you know, whats taking so long. why arent we getting out of here? the sun was starting to come up. but it was, you know, "we better be ready for another attack because this is when its gonna come." it was about that time that glen come up on the roof. >> climbed up the ladder. >> and come over and was talking to rone. and rone had introduced me to bub, because i had never worked with him before. he says, "yeah, you know, b...

Out of the window. >> sean smith. >> sean smith. >> but the ambassadors still lost? >> the ambassadors still lost. >> tig, you and tyrone woods, rone... >> mm-hmm. >> ...go into the building, one of many times. but you go in, and theres a moment there. >> he was saying, "hey, i cant find my way out." i was just saying, "come to my voice, come to my voice." but he almost made another right into where the, like -- i think it was a dining room, and it was just totally engulfed in flames. i reached ...

He opens it and drops out. only then does he realize stevens and smith havent followed. he goes back in several times but cant find them. finally, exhausted and choking, he climbs to the roof and radios alec henderson and dave ubben, two security agents elsewhere inside the compound. his message, "the ambassador and sean smith are missing." >> now, tig, you and jack and rone are going the front gate. >> front gate, yes. >> and its open? >> when i was standing right here, a land cruiser came from...

Laying down hate. >> laying hate. >> laying hate down through this avenue of approach from here. i started to engage with him. i ran out of ammo, knelt down, changed magazines. and right as im coming up and i start to re-engage, another mortar hits almost to the center of the building here. and that one, it knocked me back. and thats what hit rone. rone was standing to my left. i got knocked back. and as i stood back up, i saw him out of the corner of my eye. and he was in a fetal position in th...

Out of the window. >> sean smith. >> sean smith. >> but the ambassadors still lost? >> the ambassadors still lost. >> tig, you and tyrone woods, rone... >> mm-hmm. >> ...go into the building, one of many times. but you go in, and theres a moment there. >> he was saying, "hey, i cant find my way out." i was just saying, "come to my voice, come to my voice." but he almost made another right into where the, like -- i think it was a dining room, and it was just totally engulfed in flames. i reached ...