CNN CNN Newsroom December 7, 2014 20:03:00
Ospreys under cover of darkness touched down in a remote area of yemen, some six miles from the compound for the hostages are held. about 40 special force commandos, mostly navy seals, move undetected over the rough terrain, but suddenly everything goes wrong when just 300 feet away, they are exposed, maybe by a barking dog. a firefight breaks out, and as a u.s. drone watches overhead, one terrorist runs back inside and shoots both hostages. u.s. forces kill five aqap terrorists. the rest flee. in one of the most dangerous parts of the mission, a combat medical team needs to spend a tense half...