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Family. [inaudible] [shouting] >> shepard: steve harrigan has witnessed war zones around this globe in decades of war reporting. at the top of this newscast he explained he has never seen anything like this. >> usually wars, you can figure out. here is the front line or here is where they are going to attack. you don't figure they are going to attack retirees, women and children in a village and that's what they did today. and we almost bought it because we were where i thought was safe. but it's not safe in syria. >> and steve says that in that area today alone 40 people died. 40. not people ...

Seneca chief in the 1740s and 1750s who caused a lot of problems. he started the french/indian war. >> partly makes sense because of you and this propensity to go to war the way you write about it, the way you want to go spend time in it. what was it that attracted you? >> people talk about the adrenaline rush and war reporting. i think a lot of it is being scared. being in danger is a miserable experience. the real thrill comes from participating in world events and feeling necessary, like you have a purpose. there's an urgency in your work. there's an urgency in the events. that is what capt...

Directions on these hills. >> war reporting is as old as war itself, and for journalists covering the wars in iraq and afghanistan it's as dangerous as ever. in 2008, nbc news' richard engel t network's chief foreign correspondent, heads to afghanistan to report the story of soldiers based at restrepo. >> we didn't know what we were going to find. we wend to the valley which at the time was the most dangerous place in afghanistan. so we knew we would see action, we would see combat. >> engel and his crew, producer madeline herringer, and cameraman redden edwards, land right in the middle of th...

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Journalists who report the truth fight for independence. >> brutal on both sides. it's a powerful argument for it was getting back out that i independent war reporting. was injured. >> have you ever had a chance to as we were crossing the field they opened fire. talk to your dad about how he felt about bringing about a flares go up. change, perhaps saving thousands of lives as a consequence of what he did? that is just terrifying. >> i remember i guess it was 30 i hit the ground. >> in the dark of night marie years later after the event how heard soldiers moving toward he was still heavily cri...