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Ps so you'll pay no more than $5 test strips, which is a true american value for people with diabetes like me. [ male announcer ] accu-chek aviva. born in the usa. there's an american college student missing in syria. the 21-year-old is a student studying arabic in dmascus. the major disappeared seven days ago, watching protests when he was grabbed by syrian officials. he has not been seen since. it's believed that tik root is in custody but it's not beener confirmed. his father, tom root, joins me fr vermont. has the syrian government admitted that they have him? >> they'v acknowledged that...

>> questions i would imagine you're asking not as a dad but a lieutenant colonel. >> it was my experience coming out, but i was also concerned about the situation. >> you see, dave brostrom is not just the father of a soldier, for 30 years he was a soldier. it turns out the retired lieutenant colonel had good reason to worry. >> basically the army sent these guys up there and said "do the best you can" >> they did. they underestimated the enemy. i guess they hoped that everything would go right. >> everything went wrong. >> everything went wrong. >> we're on the left-hand side. we'll look for ...

Mother's day, he told his father about one last mission in afghanistan. a mission he was worried about. >> they were moving out of a place called bella, where he was spending most of his time. they were going to move down to a location which he didn't disclose. >> that location was just down the valley at wafat. >> he was worried about it. he said, "dad, they're going to follow me. this is a bad situation." >> they're going follow me meaning -- >> the insurgents would follow him. and i said, son, don't worry about. you know, you're in the army. you'll be okay. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: videos j...

Looks like he's being shot at every day. i asked him a bunch of things -- how far away is your battalion headquarters, your company. how often do your commanders come around and see you, do you get much of apache support or artillery support. >> questions i would imagine you're asking not as a dad but a lieutenant colonel. >> it was my experience coming out, but i was also concerned about the situation. >> you see, dave brostrom is not just the father of a soldier, for 30 years he was a soldier. it turns out the retired lieutenant colonel had good reason to worry. >> basically the army sent th...

They were going to move down to a location which he didn't disclose. >> that location was just down the valley at wanat. >> he was worried about it. he said, "dad, they're going to follow me. this is a bad situation." >> they're going follow me meaning -- >> the insurgents would follow him. and i said, son, don't worry about. you know, you're in the army. you'll be okay. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: videos jonathan brought home with him, though, showed everything in that valley was not okay. [ gunfire ] >> he was getting attacked -- i would say, you know, once or twice a week, maybe more. when a f...