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One soldier who survived said, and i quote, "our leaders left us in a fishbowl, handcuffed by the enemy moving in." at first the military found those leaders derelict in their duty, but then in a strange about-face, the same leaders were taken off the hook. >> going hot. 50 meters east. they're within hand grenade range. >> stand by for fire. >> this is video from apache helicopters during the battle. hundreds of taliban fighters so close, the two sides were meters apart. >> ten meters. >> you've got to be kidding me. >> by the time the apaches arrived, 75% of the soldiers in chosen company se...

It is named after a medic killed in action. and the film won the grand jury prize at the 2010 sun dance film festival. earlier i spoke to best-selling author, also one of its directors. take a listen. >> sebastian, welcome. off awe thank y thank you. >> so, restrepo is an outpost middle of nowhere what you could argue most dangerous place on the planet right now. describe what it is, what the place was? >> 15, 20-man out post, build by hand, soldiers, second platoon, 173rd airborne. an hour and a half walk from the main base. in all most 500 fire fights in their deployment. the first day i was...