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So many times. the state department guys had now left the compound. they were gone. they were on their way back to ours. >> rone tells them, "make sure you take a left." and then in the confusion of the counter attack... >> yes. >> ...they take a right. >> take a right. i said to myself -- well, i can't say what i said toyself on camera. but it was, "damn, you knuckleheads." now we're holding a piece of property that, basically, that there's nobody else on. >> the t.l., he just comes over the radio saying, "everybody get down, we're -- we're getting out of here."

>> meanwhile you're pretty banged up. >> yeah, just a little bit. i got hit in the chest, up and down my side. i got hit in the throat. and i'm like, "yeah, i guess i'll have to." and so i hook my top arm around the top rung of the ladder and just climbed over, and was concentrating on just thinking, "you know, if i don't -- if i fall now, i'm gonna break my neck and die. and that's the last thing i want to do." so i'm just concentrating on getting my feet on that rung. and sure enough, i slip. and, luckily, i had my arm, and i caught myself and [clears throat] pulled myself back up, got down,...

Get some medical help. the other guys asked what they could do, and i told them to get up on the various buildings. and we had one get up on each one of these buildings here. and i went back up on this building until our guys come in. they knew where they needed to go. so each one of them went to their pre-positioned or preplanned positions. jack is up on this roof. rone's up here. >> and d.b. yeah, tanto and d.b. are... >> tanto and d.b. are here. tig is over in this corner, initially. and i'm over in this corner over here. >> you guys are exhausted. >> yeah. >> i mean, some of you probably h...

Laying down hate. >> laying hate. >> laying hate down through this avenue of approach from here. i started to engage with him. i ran out of ammo, knelt down, changed magazines. and right as i'm coming up and i start to re-engage, another mortar hits almost to the center of the building here. and that one, it knocked me back. and that's what hit rone. rone was standing to my left. i got knocked back. and as i stood back up, i saw him out of the corner of my eye. and he was in a fetal position in the corner right here. i stand up and try to re-engage with my rifle. and i bring my hand up, and fr...

But he makes it to the window. he opens it and drops out. only then does he realize stevens and smith haven't followed. he goes back in several times but can't find them. finally, exhausted and choking, he climbs to the roof and radios alec henderson and dave ubben, two security agents elsewhere inside the compound. his message, "the ambassador and sean smith are missing." >> now, tig, you and jack and rone are going the front gate. >> front gate, yes. >> and it's open? >> when i was standing right here, a land cruiser came from this direction. i thought it was, like, bad guys stealing the lan...