welcome back to caught on camera. i m contessa brewer. anyone who watches the news knows iraq is a dangerous place. bombings and firefights are daily threats to u.s. troops and iraqi civilians. it s no surprise, then, that some of the most dramatic video we have comes from that war-torn country. hershey bypass, iraq, september 9th, 2007. a group of soldiers from the 144th military police company, a michigan army national guard unit, are traveling from tikrit to mosul. as they often do throughout their deployment, they videotape the journey. specialist ron dickinson is driving the armored humvee. it s a trip he ll never forget. nobody would believe us if we didn t have it on tape. three other members of his
welcome back to caught on camera. i m contessa brewer. anyone who watches the news knows iraq is a dangerous place. bombings and firefights are daily threats to u.s. troops and iraqi civilians. it s no surprise, then, that some of the most dramatic video we have comes from that war-torn country. hershey bypass, iraq, september 9th, 2007. a group of soldiers from the 144th military police company, a michigan army national guard unit, are traveling from tikrit to mosul. as they often do throughout their deployment, they videotape the journey. specialist ron dickinson is driving the armored humvee. it s a trip he ll never forget. nobody would believe us if we didn t have it on tape.
once because at first you re like, oh, no, and then you re like, wow, look how big it is. and then, whoo, they missed. so you get a big group of emotions running at the same time. they have several close calls, but the unit doesn t lose anyone in its yearlong tour. but the soldiers will remember this drive through the desert for a long time to come. holy [ muted ]. i don t know how anybody could forget that who was in that vehicle. it will stick with you for a while. whoa! holy [ muted ]. everybody good? baghdad, iraq. october 24th, 2005. it s late afternoon when a surveillance camera pointed at a traffic circle captures an suv slowing down. suddenly, it explodes. nbc news bureau chief carl bostic is in the traffic circle when it happens. everything around me was just orange, you know, from the front window and the side window, a big bang or roar. he s so close to the
all the emotions came in at once because at first you re like, oh, no, and then you re like, wow, look how big it is. and then, whoo, they missed. so you get a big group of emotions running at the same time. they have several close calls, but the unit doesn t lose anyone in its yearlong tour. but the soldiers will remember this drive through the desert for a long time to come. holy [ muted ]. i don t know how anybody could forget that who was in that vehicle. it will stick with you for a while. whoa! holy [ muted ]. everybody good? baghdad, iraq. october 24th, 2005. it s late afternoon when a surveillance camera pointed at a traffic circle captures an suv slowing down. suddenly, it explodes. nbc news bureau chief carl bostic is in the traffic circle when it happens. everything around me was just orange, you know, from the front window and the side window, a
there. the ground disappeared. i know, man. whoo! all the emotions came in at once because at first you re like, oh, no, and then you re like, wow, look how big it is. and then, whoo, they missed. so you get a big group of emotions running at the same time. they have several close calls, but the unit doesn t lose anyone in its yearlong tour. but the soldiers will remember this drive through the desert for a long time to come. holy [ muted ]. i don t know how anybody could forget that who was in that vehicle. it will stick with you for a while. whoa! holy [ muted ]. everybody good? baghdad, iraq. october 24th, 2005. it s late afternoon when a surveillance camera pointed at a traffic circle captures an suv slowing down. suddenly, it explodes. nbc news bureau chief carl bostic is in the traffic circle when it happens. everything around me was just