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White supremacist as someone of hispanic descent? >> that is an extreme irony to us. we found it very ironic and confusing as well. i didn't know who would look at us and suppose white supremacist or neonazi. godinez is mexican and i'm puerto rican. we are two hispanic marines on duty during duty hours and to be confronted by white folks not supposing there is anything racist toward us. and the crowd calls us these racial slurs and then for being a hispanic heritage, the irony was just colossal. >> laura: semper fi, my friend, merry christmas. give our best to alejandro.

Like this could happen to two marines just trying to go asee the sights in the city of brotherly love. take us through what happened that day. >> thanks having for me, laura. so me and corporal godinez were in the penns landing area. we have never been in that area ourselves. that was our first time. we were with our entire squadron to meet at the liberty bell by noon. not only were we there, we were mandated to be there by our command for professional military education, pme to check out the landmarks and the historical exhibits in regular civilian attire. and we would never know later on we ...

The group had a mob mentality saying the best way i can describe it is the sound of people chanting in a soccer stadium and that the suspects were laughing, smiling and having a good time while i could have died that day. godinez estimates he was sprayed in the face by pepper spray six times and he might require surgery. both suspects will stand trial beginning next week. laura? >> laura: thanks, trace. it is beyond disturbing. joining me now is luis torrez. i first heard about this. and i thought to myself, this is when i'm glad my mother and father have gone to their final resting place beca...