00:00:12drive up that way whether our multiple
00:00:16IEDs ambush is often not far behind so
00:00:22this could be an all-night are we gonna
00:00:24have enough time oh yeah we’ve got
00:00:33next comes news we all dreaded to hear
00:00:39indicating that they have an ambush
00:00:41ahead of us at this time we’d like to
00:00:46know what is available at right now mind
00:00:49the air see if I can set up an immediate
00:00:51over here Jose the team’s air support
00:00:54specialist sense a distress call to all
00:00:56NATO aircraft nearby and relays the
00:00:59teams exact position
00:01:02five hero seven zero they say that
00:01:06they’re set up for us right now in an
00:01:07ambush down there in the village and
00:01:09possibly up here in the in the ridges
00:01:12we’ve been blocked on the cliffside for
00:01:15over two hours now it’s a dangerous and
00:01:18nearly indefensible position you as the
00:01:25camera crew yeah well you got to keep
00:01:27filming of course but if things get bad
00:01:30I’d hide toward the back of the truck
00:01:42three-hour delay seven IEDs blown word
00:01:47finally comes down that the ridge top is
00:01:49clear
00:01:52Robb’s command vehicle carrying two
00:01:54national geographic channel filmmakers
00:01:56is the first to head up the hill
00:02:00we turn onto a demine path marked with
00:02:02green chem lights
00:02:05once atop the hill we get out to film
00:02:08the next Americans coming up
00:02:12the night is so dark and even our night
00:02:14vision lens has trouble seeing
00:02:19suddenly truck number three is
00:02:21illuminated by the headlights of the
00:02:22Afghan army pickup behind it
00:02:26bad move by the Afghans revealing our
00:02:28position for miles around
00:02:39as truck number three comes up the lane
00:02:41we film it moving towards us about 30
00:02:43feet away
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