On December 9, 1992, U.S. Marines landed in Somalia as a part of Operation Restore Hope, designed to help the war-torn and famine-ravaged nation.
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON of Sunday, Oct. 3, 1993, attack helicopters dropped about 120 elite American soldiers into a busy neighborhood in the heart of Mogadishu, Somalia. Their mission was to abduct several top lieutenants of Somalian warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid and return to base. It was supposed to take about an hour.
Instead, two of their high-tech attack helicopters were shot down. The men were pinned down through a long and terrible night in a hostile city, fighting for their lives. When they emerged the following morning, 18 Americans were dead and 73 were wounded. One, helicopter pilot Michael Durant, had been carried off by an angry mob. He was still alive, held captive somewhere in the city.
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2 comments:
Hasn't a movie been made about this?? How come we have not seen it yet?
I am really learning my history. Will have to watch the movie.
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