private first class kevin thompson, who would have turned 26 years old today, sergeant michael scusa, sergeant joshua kirk, sergeant christopher griffin, staff sergeant justin gallegos, staff sergeant vernon martin, sergeant joshua hardt, specialist stephan mace. each of these patriots gave their lives looking out for each other in a battle that waged all day that brand of selflessness was displayed again and again and again. soldiers exposing themselves to enemy fire, to pull a comrade to safety, tending to each other s wounds, performing buddy transfusions, giving each other their own blood. if you seek a measure of that day, you need to look no further than the medals, ribbons that grace their chests. for their sustained heroism, 37 army commendation medals. for their wounds, 27 purple hearts. for their valor, 18 bronze stars. for their gallantry, nine silver stars. these men were outnumbered, outgunned, and almost overrun. looking back, one of them said i m surprised any
more of what happens next. and what is ahead for the catholic church. and former navy s.e.a.l. who reportedly fired the shot that killed osama bin laden, he says he has no pension, no medical insurance, according to an article in esquire magazine, the man known only as the shooter packed a train to protect his family from al qaeda terrorists seeking revenge. i will talk with investigative reporter who talked to that navy s.e.a.l. in a few minutes. and the u.s. coast guard coming down to the rescue to help a cruise strip stranded in the gulf of mexico. more than 4200 passengers and crew all stuck on a carnival cruise line try ump that is getting as can you imagine a little funky, a little uncomfortable. a woman on board tells us that the toilets not working any more. a fire broke out on the ship yesterday, and was headed back to texas. that ship will be towed to the nearest port in mexico. he s the leader of more than 1 billion catholics worldwide. pope benedict xvi says he
attacking one static position. reporter: just 53 americans fought valiantly against up to 400 taliban insurgents. shown here on this terrifying video posted months later. and as i held my son, i learned of eight other sons taken from us that day in what was the deadliest day for the u.s. in afghanistan that year. over the next two years i tracked down the stories of the eight men lost that day. kevin thompson, josh kirk, michael scusa, justin gallegos, chris griffin, josh hardt, vernon martin, and stephen mace. i wondered why they were stationed at the doomed outpost at the bottom of three mountains near the pakistan border. it was a very, very bad place. it was unfightable. we did what we could to fight. as a result of where we were at made it very difficult for us to fight. reporter: it turns out that a pentagon investigation later
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