![]() “We’ll let other people deal with those issues.” “We want to tell what happened on the ground and really honor the courage that was taking place,” he said. ![]() military let him down, Paronto said “we don’t want to get into that.” Later, congressional investigations concluded that while fighter jets and tactical teams were scrambled from the nearest bases, they were too far away to get there in time. Though Clinton is not mentioned in the movie, she had to answer questions repeatedly about the motivations of the attackers during 11 hours of congressional testimony last year. The State Department later admitted the Benghazi outpost was "woefully" under secured. But the team managed to rescue about 30 other workers. Former Navy SEAL Tyrone Woods and former Marine Glenn Dougherty were both killed in action. “I start firing and I change magazines and as I'm coming back up that's when the first mortar hits the roof and takes out my arm,” he said.īy dawn, Stevens was pronounced dead from smoke inhalation. Even with his arm nearly severed, he tried to return fire. Geist’s arm was badly mangled by mortar fire. The men took to the rooftops holding down the militants until one final deadly barrage. We are going to risk our lives for others if you need us to do it. "That's where the difference is where people understand that we are going to give our lives. "You risk your lives for anyone that needs help," Paronto said. Eventually, they returned to defend the CIA annex where they encountered repeated heavy fire. The team couldn't locate Stevens but rescued his security detail, who were separated during the fire. You become hyper-focused and you become aware of every tiny opening of safety that you can find.” “You do kick into a primal, very instinctual place where you're not thinking about acting or what you look like on camera,” he said. Tiegen suffered lung damage from repeatedly diving back into the black smoke and flames. “It was just you couldn't even see the end of the barrel of the weapon with the flashlight on.” The smoke is so thick and black,” he said. It's like being in like … walking into a brick oven. Tiegen said that by the time they got to the compound, the extremists had set fire to the residence with the ambassador inside. The base chief told The Washington Post on Friday that "at no time did I ever second-guess that the team would depart.” Mark Rubio said.Ĭongressional committees have been told CIA officials were trying to protect the rescue team and waited to team up with local militias. “Someone who lies to the families of those four victims in Benghazi can never be president of the United States,” Florida Sen. Yet after 70,000 pages of documents, 32 hours of hearings - longer than Congress took to investigate the 9/11 attacks - Benghazi has become synonymous with partisan sniping and the movie is already re-igniting a firestorm in the midst of a heated presidential race.Īt Thursday night’s debate, Republicans pounced on Clinton. At its core, questions of insufficient security and what then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did and didn't know. In real-life, the tragedy triggered massive investigations. "I never knew that until I read the book and talk to these guys." "It was a really heroic night," Bay said. The movie is based on a book co-written by Geist, Paronto and Tiegen and other former elite operatives hired as security contractors to guard the Benghazi compound. ![]() Michael Bay directed "13 Hours," the so-called "Secret Soldiers of Benghazi" version of what happened. ![]()
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