And we were - it was towards the tail end of the engagement, and we were - they had us dead to rights they had us pinned in a hole pretty good. And then after Danny had been killed - Ax(ph) had been shot multiple times, one time in the face I was hit Mikey was hit. We had actually been pinned down multiple times, but we had managed to get out of each one of them. As a way of understanding what happened, can you describe what he did?
He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, which is the military's highest award, for his actions on that day. I'm sticking with the latter, from 60 to 80. And he was in constant contact with the Taliban.
I have recently talked to one of the villagers who saved my life. And then when we got overrun, it was such a large force that - the numbers have been speculated, anywhere from 60 to 80, to 80 to over 100. MARCUS LUTTRELL: We did have an uneasy feeling, going in. Marcus Luttrell spoke with us from member station KUHF in Houston, Texas, and described that deadly firefight. Luttrell wrote a book about his experience, called "Lone Survivor." His account has now been turned into film starring Mark Wahlberg, which opened in theaters around the country Friday. Marcus Luttrell, who had been shot, had a broken back, was rescued by local Afghan villagers.
Three of the SEALs on the ground eventually succumbed to their wounds. When a rescue helicopter was sent in, it was shot down. The aim of the mission was to capture or kill a leading Taliban member, but the team was ambushed by dozens of Taliban fighters. We're going to stay in Afghanistan, and look now at a 2005 Navy SEAL mission in a remote part of that country.
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