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Thursday after us intelligence assessed that an iranian origin road killed an american contractor and wounded five u. s service members and another u. s contractor, biden authorized the straight quote against facilities used by groups affiliated with iran s islamic revolutionary guard, corps secretary of defense lloyd austin said in a statement. the department of defense said quote took proportionate and deliberate action intended to limit the risk of escalation and minimize casualties. the us military maintains approximately 900 u. s. troops in syria, some of which are there as part of a coalition to defeat isis. but those forces are often under attack by iranian proxies, vast and deeply resourced. proxy forces, spread instability throughout the region and threaten our regional partners, the commander of us central command said in a statement. following the story, quote, we re postured for scale options in the face of any additional iranian attacks. testifying on capitol hill thursday ....
Captain kevin caffery hovers above, trying to get a rescue basket close enough for the man to grasp. we made four or five attempts to get him with the rescue basket. we got pretty close to him. the problem is with the treacherous air current, it was almost impossible to control the aircraft. at some point he said, i m running out of power. we re not going to be able to do this. another failed attempt. the chopper returns to land so the team can come up with plan c. and in the water, carella and moriarty know time is not on their side. at this time now, it s starting to get dark. gary and i were getting colder in the water because we d been in there for a while. i know my hands were getting numb. i was getting concerned, if we did get close enough to the victim, am i going to be able to grab onto him and hold him? our victim, who s soaking wet at this time, is telling us he can t last much longer. what we originally thought he d only last for a few minutes, now he s been in th ....
We have something connected to him. he s not on his own anymore. and we start to bring him in. as carella and moriarty watch their peers pull the guy to shore, the feeling of relief is short-lived. if standing feet from the edge of niagara falls isn t dangerous enough, almost unbelievably the stakes are about to go up even higher. the man slips under that menacing ice shelf, the very thing moriarty feared most. upon being dragged underneath the ice floe, the danger level increased 100%. he now is on a rope that is unable to be pulled back because he goes underneath the ice. he s also being dragged by a current that is unbelievable because now it s pressurized. it s formed underneath the ice. he s almost like a water skier in a current being just straight out. now it s critical. so i looked at gary and said, we got to go. that s it. we got to go. we ve got to go get him. rescuers on top of the ice cautiously give carella and moriarty the rope they need to ....
I said to gary, if we lose our footing, we ll end up under the ice under the water, and that was the last thing i wanted to have happen. moriarty can t know it yet, but he would soon face his greatest fear. but for now, they inch out into the raging waters, hoping to get the man a life ring. onshore, a rescue worker finds a suicide note from the man now fighting fiercely for his life. but carella and moriarty know nothing about the note, and they re able to make contact with the victim. we wanted to reassure him, tell him that we re coming to get you, we re here for you. he was able to yell loud enough that i can t stand here much longer. i m cold. and he said he s getting weaker. carella and moriarty can t stand there much longer either. we could feel our feet being pulled from under us, and we looked at each other and i said, this is going to have to be a no-go. so plan b kicked in at that time. and fortunately plan b arrives from the air. ....
the decision is made to lower carella and moriarty into the water. these two men, who d met only in passing before, know they ll need to trust each other. we shook hands and looked each other in the eye and i think we understood, i m there to save your life and you re there to save mine. as they re lowered into the water, they both have two ropes attached to their harnesses. one ties them to a small shrub on the shore, and the other is controlled by about 20 rescuers. they will use all of their strength to keep those men from getting swept over the falls. the water going at such a rate and then dropping at such a distance creates this tremendous thunder. you actually feel like you re in a small earthquake, and it s just an unsettling feeling. looking down from the shoreline when we first hit the water, i pulled on gary s arm and pointed down. directly downriver from us the brink of the falls along the shoreline, the water had undercut the ice. ....