Benghazi Siege: The Ambassador's Last Minutes -- Lateef Mungin, CNN
(CNN) -- They were hiding in a place security officers called a "safe area." It was anything but.
Outside an angry crowd grew, gunfire rang out and a fire blazed.
Thick smoke blinded the three trapped men. The intruders banged on the fortified safety gate of the bunker-like villa.
A security officer handed his cell phone to Ambassador Chris Stevens. Prepare for the mob to blast open the locks of the safety gate, the officer said.
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My Comment: This is depressing reading, but we owe it to Amb. Stevens and three other Americans who died to understand why this occurred, to bring those who committed this crime to justice, to have those U.S. officials who failed in doing their job
be held accountable, and to make sure that it does not happen again.
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