CNN CNN Newsroom August 26, 2013 18:25:00
They said it was like being in a fish bowl. easy targets for enemies in the hills above. and as dawn broke that october morning with ty and most of our troops still in their bunks, their worst fears 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, mortar, 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. and in doing so, he displayed the essence of true herois...