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Six, a covert commando force made up of some of the military's best. like former navy s.e.a.l. howard wasdin. >> it's like being part of an elite team that made it to the super bowl. >> reporter: his super bowl came in 1993 during a raid against a somali warlord. shot three times he nearly lost his right leg. >> i started thinking then, i'm not going to make it out of here. this is it. i'm going to die today. >> reporter: the battle better known as blackhawk down left 18 americans dead and scores wounded. a failure, wasdin says, because the security of the mission was compromised. >> we were i...

Willing to risk everything. navy s.e.a.l.s known as team six, a covert commando force made up of some of the military's best. like former navy s.e.a.l. howard wasden. >> it's like being part of an elite team that made it to the super bowl. >> reporter: his super bowl came in 1993 during a raid against a somali warlord. shot three times he nearly lost his right leg. >> i started thinking then, i'm not going to make it out of here. this is it. i'm going to die today. >> reporter: the battle better known as blackhawk down left 18 americans dead and scores wounded. a failure, wasden says, because ...

To risk everything. navy s.e.a.l.s, known as team 6, a covert commando force hu-ya! >> made up of the military's best like former navy s.e.a.l. howard watts son. >> it is like being part of an elite football team that made it to the super bowl. >> reporter: his super bowl came in 19939 during a raid against a somali war lord, shot three times he nearly lost his right leg. >> i started to think then, i'm really not going to make it out of here. this is it. i'm going to die today. >> reporter: the battle better known as blackhawk down left 18 americans dead and scores wounded. a failure wattson ...

failure, high. >> would rather die than be captured. >> at the end of the day it was a leap of faith. >> reporter: friday, april 29th, just after 8:20 a.m., the mission begins. the president gives the go. >> the president, after a long night's sleep, he basically came in and immediately told his staff you have the green light. let's go. >> reporter: as president obama departs for the tornado-ravaged south, the u.s. military's best-kept secret is underway. >> the troops were ready and in place. the equipment was ready to go. the plan had been practiced again and again and again. >> re...

>> s.e.a.l.s would rather die than be captured. >> at the end of the day it was a leap of faith. >> reporter: friday, april 29, just after 8:20 a.m., the mission begins. the president gives the go. >> the president, after a long night's sleep, basically came in and immediately told the staff, "you've got the green light." let's go. >> reporter: as president obama departs for the tornado-ravaged south, the u.s. military's best-kept secret is under way. >> the troops were ready and in place. the equipment was ready to go. the plan had been practiced again and again and again. >> report...