Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130826:18:25:00
They couldn't believe it. they said it was like being in a fish bowl, easy targets for enemies in the hills above. as dawn broke that october morning with ty and most of our troops still in their bunks, their worst fears it became a reality. 53 american soldiers were suddenly surrounded by more than 300 taliban fighters. the outpost was being slammed from every direction. machine gunfire, rocket propelled grenades, mortars, sniper fire. it was chaos. the blizzard of bullets and steel into which ty ran, not once or twice or even a few times, but perhaps ten times. in doing so, he displayed the ...