In my life. Well be dissecting that tornado you see there in ha hattiesbu hattiesburg, mississippi, at 10 00 p. M. Eastern ahead of us. We want to get you to our next program. Ill see you back here in an hour. Jake tapper reports an American Hero the uncommon valor of Clint Romesha begins right now. October 3rd, 2009. A storm of bullets, rockets, grenades and mortars rain down among a remote outpost in eastern afghanistan. Deep in a valley. The taliban had found a perfect target. Combat outpost keating. One of the most vulnerable American Military outposts in afghanistan. Studied by the enemy since it was set up three years before. As seen in the talibans own video. Time and again since the post was created in 2006, its defenses were tested by the taliban. But on that october morning in 2009, the enemy staged its fiercest attack yet. The high ground and their vastly superior numbers gave the taliban a huge advantage. Eight americans would be killed in a battle that lasted from dawn til
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
one standing 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