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Anything that I can do
to stop ISIS,
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that's what I'm gonna do.
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24-year-old Levi Shirley
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has died in the war
against terrorism.
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Levi went long before his time.
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I loved the kid to death.
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Falling back into the realm
of hard drugs,
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that's what I'm afraid of.
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There's nothing I wouldn't do
to get back over there.
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The Iraqi military
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is planning a showdown
with ISIS in Mosul.
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Mosul will be something
like my worst fears.
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Imagine Stalingrad with GoPros.
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Incoming?
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One of the most dangerous
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terrorist groups on earth.
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They've brutally conquered
territories
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all across the Middle East
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and spread fear
across the globe.
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Their goal is to create
a worldwide Islamic State,
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and they will do anything
to achieve it.
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Against the advice
of the U.S. military,
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some Americans
are fighting back.
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In the truck!
In the truck!
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This isn't just their war.
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It's everybody's problem.
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Hold him!
Somebody grab him!
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Some of us were not able
to sit back
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and watch this happen
on the news.
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We're men of action,
not men of words over here.
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This is their story.
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Overseas to the biggest
offensive against ISIS yet.
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Just after dawn,
Iraqi tanks rolled into battle,
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the offensive
officially underway
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to retake Mosul from ISIS.
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There's an armored column
moving way up that road,
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and the whole way up there,
they've been hitting I.E.D.s
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and shooting tank rounds,
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and there's been
small arms fire.
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How far up is that column?
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Probably like 2K.
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So we have followed
an armored column,
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and then we stopped
and let the armor go ahead.
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So right now,
they're fighting in here.
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We've seen quite a few I.E.D.s
go off.
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ISIS isn't stupid.
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They're led by
foreign military commanders.
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They know how to set
up a defense.
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We're fighting an enemy
who's well entrenched.
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This is army versus army.
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Let's go.
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Nash just said on the radio
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they have five
V.B.I.E.D.s ready
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and have snipers ready
to counter-attack.
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We're in a decently exposed spot
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surrounded by orchards
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that are completely not clear
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and a village
that is partially clear.
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Watch for any vehicles
coming down that field, okay?
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We got nothing that can stop it.
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Everybody got that?
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Hey, Pete, we got a pickup
truck heading towards us.
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Hey, we got a pickup truck
coming this way.
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I'm gonna spin around.
I'm moving the truck.
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All right.
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- Where?
- Over there.
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Okay, so this is good
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because now we're gonna be
in the rear of the column
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with zero armor support.
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I'm gonna go condition zero.
Nobody freak out.
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Oh, shit. Mortar.
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- More.
- Hey, up to the left.
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We got 'em. 300 meters.
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This is gonna be
every single street.
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ISIS is gonna
have it planned out.
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Shit! Big bombs
straight ahead of us.
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Get someone on the left side.
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Now it's V.B.I.E.D.s, suicide
vests, snipers, heavy arms,
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and a heavily defended
street-by-street fight.
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I got a single gunshot wound.
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Excuse me. Mortar.
I got multiple.
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Jorge, I need
compression bandages!
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We're kind of
in a vulnerable spot
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because there's so many
avenues of approach,
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so many places where someone
could come in here.
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War is how you find yourself.
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You find what you're made of.
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I like when the stakes are high.
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I don't wear armor
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because it boosts the morale
of these soldiers,
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and they see this westerner
is out there with them,
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so I shouldn't be scared either.
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We moved up so we could set up
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a more forward
casualty collection point.
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There's a lot more fighting,
a lot more casualties.
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Hold him!
Somebody grab him!
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Stop standing there!
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ISIS puts spike strips
in the road
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so Humvee gets stuck,
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and then
they would set off an I.E.D.
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Guys get out of the rear
vehicles.
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They start taking contact,
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and step on an I.E.D.
at the beginning of the street.
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The people are trapped
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and create a nice little
death vacuum in the middle.
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It's just massive.
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That first day, it was one of
the heaviest days we ever had.
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Yeah, yeah, a little.
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I gotta roll him over for a sec.
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We started at 7 A.M.,
finished at midnight.
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Nine human beings
came in Humvee parts.
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Okay.
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That we had to put in body bags.
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The smells that went with them.
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Trying to separate who was who,
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figure out which body part
went to which body.
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Picking up a human head.
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Lots of people in the body bags.
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Derek said this is the shit
nightmares are made of.
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He was right.
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Because it is.
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24-year-old
Levi Shirley of Arvada
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couldn't fight
with the U.S. Marines.
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He made a different decision:
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To fight the Islamic State
in Syria
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alongside Kurdish forces.
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Levi died on July 14th
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in a small town about 23 miles
from the Turkish border.
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Levi strengthened our belief
in a future
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where we can all live together
across our differences.
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Hi, Mrs. Shirley.
This is PJ.
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I was a good friend of your son,
and I'm sorry for your loss.
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There were a lot of people
who cared a lot about him,
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and everybody's lost someone.
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The world seems so oblivious
to what's going on over there.
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I mean, he's a hero
to all of us.
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I consider him a brother
of mine, not just a friend.
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I mean, not everyone's
son or daughter
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is going over there
volunteering and dying.
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I know. I don't understand
why everybody isn't over there.
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I don't understand it at all.
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- Well, ma'am, because--
- It makes no sense to me.
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Ma'am, we have to keep up
with the Kardashians.
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I mean, there's
more important things on TV
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than, you know,
like, Americans dying,
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fighting the greatest evil
we've seen
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since the rise
of the Third Reich.
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How many Americans
now have we lost
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in the last month, two months?
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Three Americans now,
two from Colorado,
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from your home state, ma'am.
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That's right. Three.
Are you going back?
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Before this month,
I would have said no.
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But I am now debating it
after the loss of your son.
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I will be flying out
to meet you guys.
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Yeah. Levi
would really like that.
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I know. I know he would.
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It broke my heart
when Levi was killed.
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He was like
a little brother to me.
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I'm standing here
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with a jarhead
who was working security
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and decided
to take five minutes off
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so that he could look at,
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as he quoted,
"some sweet poon."
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It was "Maxim" magazine.
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We are here at the upcoming
Taylor Swift concert,
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and as you can tell, it's
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vacant beyond all recognition.
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Back to you in the studio,
Dennis.
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Even now, more than a month
after we heard the news,
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it still doesn't feel real.
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I think part of the reason
it doesn't feel real yet
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is because we haven't actually
gotten his body back.
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You know, he's still over there.
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He has sat in a drawer
in a hospital
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for five weeks now.
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It's beyond disrespectful.
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When we first received the word
that Levi had been killed,
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we got the advice
from the State Department
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to have him taken into Turkey,
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and that there was
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an English-speaking
funeral home there
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where he could be prepared for
a return to the United States.
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Well, there actually
happened to be
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a parents' group at that point
which had brought me into it.
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These are parents
from around the world
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who have lost their children
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fighting against ISIS
with the YPG.
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I told them we're being told
that he should go into Turkey,
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and all of them were horrified.
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They're like, "Don't,
don't, don't, don't."
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Please, please don't."
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Not that border
and not that country.
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And so the next day, I talked
to the State Department lady,
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and I said, we're gonna
find another way.
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I was even told
there's an army base
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across where they
would have to travel,
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and maybe they could help.
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And I brought that up to
the State Department lady,
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and she said, no, no, no.
That's for military people.
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At that point, talks broke down.
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I never in my wildest dreams
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expected that the roadblock
would be my own government.
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They're not regular military,
but so what?
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I mean, you know,
those bullets are colorblind
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and they're blind to flags
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and they're blind
to nationalities.
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They're heroes.
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So what do you plan
on doing next?
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I'm gonna finish this beer.
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And then what?
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I'm actually--
and I just told Mom and Dad.
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They're not pleased.
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I'm actually debating
going back to Syria.
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Listen very carefully
to what he says.
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It's very important.
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We don't need any accidental
discharges today.
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We don't need anybody
getting shot today.
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No fuck-ups.
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Shooters, at this time,
pick up your magazine
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and insert it into your weapon.
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Tensions are really high
right now.
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Everybody's anxious.
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Daesh just stepped up
their attacks.
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We're just 30 kilometers away
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from a Daesh stronghold
right now.
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Place your weapon
from safe to semi.
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Shooters, identify your target
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and fire one round
into your target.
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Firers, at this time,
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place your weapons
from semi to safe.
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One round!
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One round!
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Yes, we specifically
emphasized one round.
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Take your magazine
out of the weapon.
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Cold.
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I went back home for Christmas.
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Honestly, the first week
I was there, I was done.
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I was ready to get back over.
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I felt like
I'm supposed to be here
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right now for a reason.
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Everything here is based off
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of helping the local people
defend themselves from ISIS.
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So we're gonna train them
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on many different types
of military tactics
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that a lot of them have
never even heard of before.
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Go, go, go, go!
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We're teaching them
survival skills.
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We're teaching them
how to clear houses.
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Things that are gonna save
their lives one day.
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We incorporate as many urban
and guerrilla warfare tactics
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that the Daesh uses
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because they're gonna be
fighting that.
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00:20:03,419 --> 00:20:04,608
They're gonna be walking into
houses that are booby trapped,
255
00:20:04,638 --> 00:20:06,379
and they need
to be able to identify
256
00:20:06,422 --> 00:20:07,611
all these threats
and eliminate 'em.
257
00:20:07,641 --> 00:20:08,865
Boom!
258
00:20:15,583 --> 00:20:17,477
We like to simulate I.E.D.s.
259
00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:19,479
He went up, scanned the door.
260
00:20:19,510 --> 00:20:21,089
He went right over it.
261
00:20:21,132 --> 00:20:23,865
He didn't scan the bottom of it
and missed it.
262
00:20:23,896 --> 00:20:26,138
When they kicked in,
they all died.
263
00:20:32,755 --> 00:20:35,669
I'm very honored to be here
training with these guys.
264
00:20:35,915 --> 00:20:37,841
Ahh. He got you.
265
00:20:40,717 --> 00:20:42,371
Yes. And it feels good.
266
00:20:42,524 --> 00:20:44,003
I'm happy like this.
267
00:20:47,507 --> 00:20:50,130
Yes! Whoo!
268
00:20:50,205 --> 00:20:51,859
That's so fun!
269
00:20:51,902 --> 00:20:54,747
I do love fighting,
and that'll never change.
270
00:20:55,740 --> 00:20:57,616
But you feel like in the end,
271
00:20:57,647 --> 00:20:59,301
you get more done training.
272
00:20:59,841 --> 00:21:01,303
You gotta see
the bigger picture.
273
00:21:01,347 --> 00:21:02,652
You're there for the people.
274
00:21:03,492 --> 00:21:05,896
It helps them establish
a secure future.
275
00:21:09,911 --> 00:21:11,531
An entire military,
276
00:21:11,574 --> 00:21:14,255
they're focused
primarily on seizing Mosul.
277
00:21:14,286 --> 00:21:15,951
They're gonna take Mosul,
278
00:21:16,013 --> 00:21:17,982
and everybody's on wit's end
about it.
279
00:21:24,318 --> 00:21:26,546
How close it is, it's surreal.
280
00:21:26,589 --> 00:21:29,365
30 kilometers from Mosul
right now.
281
00:21:30,059 --> 00:21:32,410
South, right here,
down this road.
282
00:21:47,523 --> 00:21:49,786
A new wave
of air strikes and shelling
283
00:21:49,830 --> 00:21:52,441
has started targeting militants
near Iraq's second largest city.
284
00:21:53,036 --> 00:21:54,389
The Iraqi military
285
00:21:54,420 --> 00:21:57,115
now have a foothold
in the east of Mosul.
286
00:22:02,722 --> 00:22:05,917
Security forces
conduct house-to-house searches.
287
00:22:06,164 --> 00:22:08,354
ISIL is reportedly
been threatening
288
00:22:08,453 --> 00:22:10,890
and even killing civilians.
289
00:22:13,628 --> 00:22:17,118
Most people, they don't fully
grasp how brutal this war is.
290
00:22:17,528 --> 00:22:20,206
It's like a gunfight
in a really crowded room.
291
00:22:22,210 --> 00:22:24,620
Civilians continue to flee.
292
00:22:24,908 --> 00:22:28,440
The threat of being caught
in the crossfire is too great.
293
00:22:31,032 --> 00:22:34,514
No one has any idea
how long it's gonna take
294
00:22:35,223 --> 00:22:39,030
because this is all based on
one X factor that is ISIS.
295
00:22:43,858 --> 00:22:45,712
We've been doing this
for a month,
296
00:22:46,170 --> 00:22:48,323
for a month straight.
297
00:22:48,795 --> 00:22:52,719
A typical day on a frontline
casualty collection point,
298
00:22:52,959 --> 00:22:54,780
you wake up pretty abruptly.
299
00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:57,898
You do your best
to make your morning coffee.
300
00:22:57,941 --> 00:22:59,421
For me, it's a water bottle
301
00:22:59,465 --> 00:23:01,858
with instant coffee
dumped inside of it,
302
00:23:01,902 --> 00:23:03,982
and you shake it and you
drink it as fast as you can.
303
00:23:05,694 --> 00:23:07,255
Then the Iraqi army
304
00:23:07,298 --> 00:23:10,491
start an offensive at 7:30
or 8:00 in the morning.
305
00:23:13,392 --> 00:23:16,133
Finally at 9:00, 10:00,
patients start coming out.
306
00:23:24,098 --> 00:23:26,100
It usually slows down
early afternoon.
307
00:23:26,143 --> 00:23:27,419
You mill around for a little bit
308
00:23:27,449 --> 00:23:28,885
and wait for the patients.
309
00:23:38,166 --> 00:23:39,882
That's like a typical day.
310
00:23:44,074 --> 00:23:45,761
But that changes.
311
00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:49,360
Come on, come on,
come on, come on!
312
00:24:06,053 --> 00:24:07,837
Tourniquet! Tourniquet!
Tourniquet!
313
00:24:07,881 --> 00:24:09,883
I need fluid, fluid, fluid!
314
00:24:14,276 --> 00:24:16,670
Get your fucking hands
on him now!
315
00:24:24,354 --> 00:24:25,727
I need the gauze.
I need the gauze.
316
00:24:28,249 --> 00:24:29,729
Keep him looking up, not down.
317
00:24:31,339 --> 00:24:33,297
Get the second IV line in!
318
00:24:33,341 --> 00:24:34,454
You!
319
00:24:35,648 --> 00:24:37,790
Probody, gauze, now!
320
00:24:37,821 --> 00:24:40,173
Probody, gauze, tourniquet!
321
00:24:40,342 --> 00:24:42,344
Check for other wounds,
please, someone.
322
00:24:42,375 --> 00:24:43,985
We're good. Let's go.
323
00:24:58,944 --> 00:25:03,514
Five mortars came in 200,
300 meters away, the closest.
324
00:25:04,065 --> 00:25:06,981
But in the process,
it ended up hitting a family.
325
00:25:07,157 --> 00:25:08,866
They had two boys.
326
00:25:11,889 --> 00:25:14,272
A 15-year-old and a 13-year-old.
327
00:25:18,733 --> 00:25:20,592
The 15-year-old is dead.
328
00:25:24,427 --> 00:25:26,444
The kid that was alive
329
00:25:26,525 --> 00:25:28,657
probably definitely
gonna lose that leg.
330
00:25:28,732 --> 00:25:30,248
Might live.
331
00:25:31,747 --> 00:25:32,922
Maybe.
332
00:25:37,236 --> 00:25:40,213
The intensity of what
is happening in Mosul
333
00:25:40,244 --> 00:25:42,236
and what they're dealing with,
334
00:25:42,279 --> 00:25:44,760
for him, he feels so responsible
335
00:25:44,804 --> 00:25:47,720
to be the one
that saves these lives.
336
00:25:48,494 --> 00:25:50,221
It's overwhelming.
337
00:25:51,462 --> 00:25:54,354
He calls it
going down the rabbit hole.
338
00:26:01,777 --> 00:26:03,605
And he can't spiral out of it.
339
00:26:03,649 --> 00:26:05,694
We're a cog in a machine,
340
00:26:05,738 --> 00:26:08,283
and now we're pretty
indispensable.
341
00:26:09,494 --> 00:26:12,439
At the moment,
that's still worth it.
342
00:26:13,424 --> 00:26:15,312
A bunch of guys
left here bleeding
343
00:26:15,455 --> 00:26:18,054
that would have been
absolutely dead
344
00:26:18,580 --> 00:26:20,291
if we weren't here.
345
00:26:21,143 --> 00:26:22,798
Still a good feeling.
346
00:26:34,244 --> 00:26:36,377
The Iraqi army,
we were told the other day
347
00:26:36,420 --> 00:26:39,235
they held 30% of the city.
348
00:26:39,938 --> 00:26:41,600
They're barely holding it.
349
00:26:41,643 --> 00:26:43,514
Forward, forward, forward.
350
00:27:44,408 --> 00:27:47,806
As the gunfights happen
and the mortars,
351
00:27:47,837 --> 00:27:49,752
the V.B.I.E.D.s from Daesh,
352
00:27:51,017 --> 00:27:53,803
the air strikes
from the good guys...
353
00:27:55,262 --> 00:27:57,908
A lot of civilians
are just gonna get torn up.
354
00:28:06,385 --> 00:28:07,729
How long ago since he cried?
355
00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:16,159
SVO2 monitor.
356
00:28:16,334 --> 00:28:19,337
Oxygen, oxygen, oxygen!
Oxygen!
357
00:28:25,386 --> 00:28:29,970
How many human bodies can I see
before I can't feel feelings?
358
00:28:40,501 --> 00:28:41,861
All right, cut him open.
359
00:28:41,892 --> 00:28:45,275
Okay, this is intact.
We're gonna lift up the knee.
360
00:28:45,811 --> 00:28:47,334
Come on, come on,
come on, come on.
361
00:28:50,252 --> 00:28:51,931
Let's go!
362
00:28:53,819 --> 00:28:57,300
IV lines now! IV! IV! IV!
363
00:28:57,344 --> 00:28:58,519
Big ones!
364
00:29:04,325 --> 00:29:05,588
Hey, what's the count so far?
365
00:29:05,619 --> 00:29:08,189
So those two, one this morning.
366
00:29:08,616 --> 00:29:10,009
There was one OF guy,
367
00:29:10,052 --> 00:29:11,494
two civilians.
368
00:29:26,963 --> 00:29:30,533
What is my mind
equipped to handle?
369
00:29:37,552 --> 00:29:42,356
How long can you run
before your mind just snaps?
370
00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:51,380
These are the traumatic moments
hearing screams day and night.
371
00:30:03,192 --> 00:30:05,020
Pulse is low. Fluids.
372
00:30:05,134 --> 00:30:06,817
Fluids.
373
00:30:07,728 --> 00:30:10,028
What is the psychological term
374
00:30:10,059 --> 00:30:12,880
for what the fuck
I'm going through right now?
375
00:30:19,763 --> 00:30:21,794
- What happened?
- Fareed!
376
00:30:21,959 --> 00:30:23,317
Hold it right there.
377
00:30:36,330 --> 00:30:37,563
Fuck.
378
00:30:43,499 --> 00:30:44,844
The baby died.
379
00:30:53,316 --> 00:30:55,754
It broke my heart
when Levi was killed.
380
00:30:56,550 --> 00:30:58,813
I mean, he was like
a little brother to me.
381
00:31:03,470 --> 00:31:05,242
I'm very much looking forward
382
00:31:05,273 --> 00:31:07,493
to meeting Susan Shirley,
his mother.
383
00:31:08,015 --> 00:31:09,710
A little nervous as well.
384
00:31:10,166 --> 00:31:13,038
So, unfortunately,
it's under these circumstances.
385
00:31:13,567 --> 00:31:16,657
Levi's mother has been trying
to get her son's body back
386
00:31:16,700 --> 00:31:19,937
for a month now,
and she's hit a dead end.
387
00:31:19,968 --> 00:31:22,625
I can only imagine what
that would do to my mother.
388
00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:27,491
You know, I'm really glad
that we're doing this memorial.
389
00:31:27,835 --> 00:31:30,523
I'm glad we're doing it
on his birthday, but--
390
00:31:30,609 --> 00:31:32,934
It's especially hard
that he's not home yet
391
00:31:32,978 --> 00:31:34,762
and that we're still
not actually sure
392
00:31:34,805 --> 00:31:37,210
if we're going to be able
to get him home.
393
00:31:40,476 --> 00:31:41,943
It's definitely surreal.
394
00:31:41,987 --> 00:31:44,089
I mean, just months ago,
I was hanging out with the kid
395
00:31:44,119 --> 00:31:45,236
like he was a little brother
of mine.
396
00:31:45,266 --> 00:31:47,225
And now here I am
397
00:31:47,862 --> 00:31:50,343
coming to see his family
at a memorial.
398
00:31:51,866 --> 00:31:52,954
- Hey.
- Susan?
399
00:31:52,998 --> 00:31:54,782
- Hey!
- How are you?
400
00:31:54,825 --> 00:31:56,915
- Oh, good. How are you?
- How are you today?
401
00:31:56,958 --> 00:31:57,990
I'm good, I'm good,
good as can be.
402
00:31:58,020 --> 00:32:00,138
- Come on in.
- Thank you, thank you.
403
00:32:01,224 --> 00:32:04,051
It breaks my heart to think about
his mother, his sister, his father.
404
00:32:04,544 --> 00:32:06,497
If something
ends up happening to me,
405
00:32:06,528 --> 00:32:09,528
I would just want my family
to know that I'm sorry.
406
00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:13,235
No one else is gonna go.
You know what I mean?
407
00:32:13,279 --> 00:32:15,194
So it's like people are...
408
00:32:15,237 --> 00:32:17,157
God, it's hard to watch him,
though, sometimes.
409
00:32:18,934 --> 00:32:20,630
You just...
You just want to grab him
410
00:32:20,661 --> 00:32:22,549
and pull him out of that shit,
you know.
411
00:32:22,592 --> 00:32:25,630
Eventually, I'm gonna die
anyway someday.
412
00:32:26,474 --> 00:32:29,458
You know, at least I died
for a good cause.
413
00:32:31,033 --> 00:32:32,948
It was an honorable thing
to do, I believe,
414
00:32:32,979 --> 00:32:35,560
and I'm very proud of him
for doing it.
415
00:32:37,044 --> 00:32:40,219
If you have part
of your life ripped away,
416
00:32:40,262 --> 00:32:41,731
there's no closure.
417
00:32:42,700 --> 00:32:44,903
Every time I wake up
in the morning,
418
00:32:44,934 --> 00:32:48,286
things are okay for a second,
and then it sinks in.
419
00:32:50,395 --> 00:32:53,020
You know, he's really
not coming back.
420
00:32:56,975 --> 00:32:59,629
You just have to learn
to live with that.
421
00:32:59,673 --> 00:33:02,937
It's all you can do.
422
00:33:04,998 --> 00:33:07,273
My brother, my hero.
423
00:33:07,602 --> 00:33:09,770
Levi, I can't describe in words
424
00:33:09,813 --> 00:33:11,772
how much your courage
and your motivation
425
00:33:11,815 --> 00:33:13,774
will mean to me
for the rest of my days.
426
00:33:13,805 --> 00:33:16,037
Your humor, one of a kind.
427
00:33:16,516 --> 00:33:17,574
You were a little brother to me
428
00:33:17,604 --> 00:33:19,693
since we first met
earlier this year.
429
00:33:19,922 --> 00:33:21,813
Today would have been
your birthday.
430
00:33:22,259 --> 00:33:24,305
Today we celebrate
the man you were in life,
431
00:33:24,567 --> 00:33:26,787
an inspiration
to all around you.
432
00:33:27,211 --> 00:33:29,985
Your selflessness
was of epic proportions.
433
00:33:31,125 --> 00:33:35,196
You, my brother, gave your life
so that others may live.
434
00:33:36,617 --> 00:33:40,148
Bad things to bad people
was a common motto of yours.
435
00:33:40,856 --> 00:33:43,305
Well, as mine now.
436
00:33:46,290 --> 00:33:49,423
Thank you for being
a compassionate young man.
437
00:33:49,774 --> 00:33:52,821
Thank you for caring
about those less fortunate
438
00:33:52,977 --> 00:33:55,586
and standing up
for what you know to be right.
439
00:33:57,716 --> 00:33:59,883
Thank you for being my friend.
440
00:34:02,321 --> 00:34:03,703
Rest easy.
441
00:34:04,399 --> 00:34:05,652
This is pretty bittersweet.
442
00:34:05,695 --> 00:34:07,766
My boy really loved birthdays.
443
00:34:08,128 --> 00:34:10,571
There's no way we're not
giving him a birthday,
444
00:34:10,602 --> 00:34:13,692
and it's full of people
he loved.
445
00:34:13,790 --> 00:34:16,228
And I know he would be enjoying
this birthday very, very much.
446
00:34:16,258 --> 00:34:19,094
And I want to say happy,
happy birthday to my boy,
447
00:34:19,144 --> 00:34:20,727
wherever you are.
448
00:34:21,015 --> 00:34:24,845
And let's just make this
a good celebration for my boy.
449
00:34:24,888 --> 00:34:26,282
Thank you.
450
00:34:37,553 --> 00:34:40,165
Thanks for being here.
451
00:34:52,200 --> 00:34:55,961
I got a call from a woman
named Susan Shirley.
452
00:34:55,992 --> 00:34:58,079
She was at wit's end
453
00:34:58,110 --> 00:35:00,142
'cause she'd been
trying to figure out
454
00:35:00,196 --> 00:35:02,048
how to get her son's body back.
455
00:35:06,539 --> 00:35:08,689
At the time he was killed,
456
00:35:08,720 --> 00:35:11,790
I did not know
that there were Americans
457
00:35:11,821 --> 00:35:15,040
being called to help fight
against ISIS.
458
00:35:15,228 --> 00:35:17,095
It was clear to me
459
00:35:17,126 --> 00:35:20,695
that she needed somebody
to give her some help.
460
00:35:22,772 --> 00:35:24,296
We all made it a mission
461
00:35:24,339 --> 00:35:27,743
to get Levi Shirley's body
back to Colorado.
462
00:36:11,603 --> 00:36:13,780
The bodies of two Colorado men
463
00:36:13,823 --> 00:36:16,609
who died fighting ISIS
alongside Kurdish forces
464
00:36:16,652 --> 00:36:18,698
are right now back in the U.S.
465
00:36:22,991 --> 00:36:26,256
These families have
been waiting weeks and weeks
466
00:36:26,299 --> 00:36:28,301
to lay their sons to rest.
467
00:36:32,848 --> 00:36:35,059
On Veterans Day of 2015,
468
00:36:35,162 --> 00:36:37,286
we went out
and had a steak dinner
469
00:36:37,317 --> 00:36:40,192
and we had the best conversation
I'd had in years with him.
470
00:36:40,328 --> 00:36:41,473
You know, sat down and talked
471
00:36:41,503 --> 00:36:42,983
and laughed and joked
472
00:36:43,026 --> 00:36:45,855
and told stories
one veteran to another.
473
00:36:46,427 --> 00:36:49,356
It was really a moment for me,
you know.
474
00:36:50,293 --> 00:36:52,364
And that's the last time
I saw him.
475
00:36:58,161 --> 00:37:00,130
I don't know that
there's any deeper hole
476
00:37:00,174 --> 00:37:04,134
that you can have in your soul
than to lose a child.
477
00:37:07,942 --> 00:37:10,395
You want to have moments
in your life
478
00:37:11,098 --> 00:37:12,360
where you can look back
479
00:37:12,404 --> 00:37:14,778
and say we did something
really good.
480
00:37:17,722 --> 00:37:19,739
And I'm proud of what we did.
481
00:37:54,663 --> 00:37:57,307
I think about Levi very often,
482
00:37:57,362 --> 00:38:00,147
and it lays heavy,
very heavy on my heart.
483
00:38:00,190 --> 00:38:01,931
The what if, you know,
484
00:38:01,975 --> 00:38:04,268
the should've,
the could've, the would've.
485
00:38:04,299 --> 00:38:06,518
I'd like to try out at least
a 9 mil or two today.
486
00:38:06,549 --> 00:38:08,323
I'm thinking maybe the Glock 43.
487
00:38:08,411 --> 00:38:10,456
I don't blame myself personally,
488
00:38:11,276 --> 00:38:13,291
but there's a possibility
489
00:38:13,334 --> 00:38:15,205
I could have saved his life.
490
00:38:15,249 --> 00:38:17,744
I've made the decision
to return.
491
00:38:19,471 --> 00:38:23,126
When he decided to go back,
I tried to stop him
492
00:38:23,170 --> 00:38:25,128
and I tried to bribe him.
493
00:38:25,172 --> 00:38:28,349
It was all for nothing,
because he had made up his mind
494
00:38:28,393 --> 00:38:30,940
that that's what
he was gonna do.
495
00:38:32,190 --> 00:38:34,752
I did my damnedest
to talk him out of it.
496
00:38:35,095 --> 00:38:36,632
I told him your blood
in the sand over there
497
00:38:36,662 --> 00:38:38,446
ain't gonna change a damn thing.
498
00:38:40,037 --> 00:38:43,018
The only difference between
there and Vietnam is jungle.
499
00:38:46,889 --> 00:38:50,783
Anybody can die.
Nothing tough to that at all.
500
00:38:52,068 --> 00:38:53,853
Living's the bitch.
501
00:38:59,428 --> 00:39:00,568
First time around,
502
00:39:00,599 --> 00:39:03,068
I spent thousands of dollars
on equipment.
503
00:39:03,998 --> 00:39:05,299
This time around,
504
00:39:05,343 --> 00:39:08,178
I'm showing up with flip-flops
and a backpack.
505
00:39:11,368 --> 00:39:15,701
Most people would do anything
in their power to avoid war.
506
00:39:15,744 --> 00:39:18,178
Whereas, me,
I'm willing to fight and die
507
00:39:18,209 --> 00:39:20,741
for the people who are willing
to do the same for me.
508
00:39:54,174 --> 00:39:59,962
The Iraqi army has secured
the entire east side of Mosul.
509
00:40:00,521 --> 00:40:01,919
The Iraqi army has chosen
510
00:40:01,950 --> 00:40:05,185
to now attack Mosul
from the other side,
511
00:40:06,585 --> 00:40:08,244
so they're gonna attack
from the south
512
00:40:08,810 --> 00:40:10,818
and push ISIS north.
513
00:40:19,642 --> 00:40:21,680
According to our best estimates,
514
00:40:21,723 --> 00:40:26,075
we've treated somewhere between
1,500 and 2,000 people.
515
00:40:26,963 --> 00:40:31,111
At the end of this event,
there's always a body count.
516
00:40:31,992 --> 00:40:35,038
The idea of mission accomplished
for Mosul,
517
00:40:35,285 --> 00:40:36,721
it's a pretty silly idea
518
00:40:36,842 --> 00:40:38,844
because the insurgency's
already started.
519
00:40:40,655 --> 00:40:42,527
Today ISIS fighters
520
00:40:42,570 --> 00:40:45,660
attacked the city of Kirkuk
as a diversion.
521
00:40:45,704 --> 00:40:48,446
ISIS infiltrated
Kirkuk overnight
522
00:40:48,489 --> 00:40:51,318
and laid siege to neighborhoods
across the city.
523
00:40:51,361 --> 00:40:52,798
This looks like retribution
by ISIS
524
00:40:52,841 --> 00:40:54,408
for the Mosul offensive
525
00:40:54,452 --> 00:40:57,455
where it is losing fighters
and territory.
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