Every September 11 we need to remember another attack on Americans.
On September 11, 2012, at 9:40 PM, terrorists launched an attack on the compound housing ambassador Christopher Stevens in Benghazi, Libya.
“We are under attack.”
“If you guys don’t get out here, we’re all going to f—-ing die.”
Over the next 13 hours, these terrorists will kill four Americans and injure many more.
The movie 13 Hours, which had the survivors working as consultants, tells the full story.
The movie is on Amazon Prime. Please, I beg you, please watch the movie. The survivors worked as consultants on the movie. Michael Bay did it justice, basing it on the book by Mark Geist, one of the GRS team members.
Those at the compound:
They begged for more security. Demanded it. They knew they couldn’t trust anyone.
The men secure Smith and Stevens as they hunt for their weapons and one keeps watch on the cameras. The terrorists force their way into the compound but not the safe room.
Wickland pushes Smith and Stevens into a bathroom.
The terrorists still cannot get into the area. They decide to burn the men out, setting fire to the place.
Overcome by smoke the three men attempt to escape but lose each other in the smoke.
The movie details how the man in charge at the CIA annex kept back the CIA contractors known as the Global Response Staff (GRS) from running to the compound.
The members of the team:
Kris Paronto said: “We were told to ‘stand down’. Those words were used verbatim—100 percent. If the truth of it affects someone’s political career? Well, I’m sorry. It happens.”
Unfortunately, by the time the men arrived at the compound, it was too late. No one could find Stevens. Smith was dead. The others had injuries.
The GRS team attempted to secure the compound as the injured made their way back to the annex.
The injured from the compound arrived after the annex after facing constant gunfire on the route.
The GRS team made their way back to the compound, ordering everyone to prepare for an evacuation.
They set up shop on the rooftops knowing the terrorists would hit the CIA annex. They faced numerous attacks, trying to keep those in the building safe.
The movie showed a drone over the annex and compound, knowing officials had their eye on the whole thing.
No one answered their calls except Glen Doherty in Tripoli. He gathered a team, but faced delays out of the airport.
Doherty and his team finally land at 1:00 AM. They help the GRS team fend off more attacks.
But then it all went to hell at 4:00 AM when the terrorists attacked the annex with mortars.
They murdered Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty and injured many more.
A mortar nearly blew off Geist’s arm. He was also shot numerous times and had shrapnel all over his body.
A mortar took out a chunk of Dave Ubben’s arm and almost severed his leg.
Some help finally arrived, providing cover for the teams, 30 CIA agents, six State Department personnel to the airport.
The agents, personnel, and injured left.
The bodies of Stevens, Smith, Woods, and Doherty arrived at the Benina International Airport where they were flown to Tripoli and then to Germany.
The fallen and the team arrived back in D.C.
Never forget these heroes. None of these people should have been in Libya. Many high ranking officials didn’t even know about the CIA annex until the attack.
We won’t forget, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. You might not ever face punishment, but thanks to the survivors and Michael Bay, no one can ever bury the Benghazi attack.
The future will always know what happened and the failings of the Obama administration.
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