Looking Behind The Sightlines Of An American Soldier Under Taliban Fire -- Washington Post
The video would be viewed more than 23 million times, making it perhaps the most-watched footage of the Afghan war. It began last April when Pfc. Ted Daniels pressed the record button on his helmet camera.
The device captured what he could see: a rocky Afghan hillside dotted with shrubs and boulders, a small village and no place to hide.
It also recorded sound: The pop, pop, pop of gunfire, and then Daniels’s voice.
“Hey!” he yells. “I’m moving down!”
The 37-year-old soldier pauses for a second and steps into the Taliban barrage, hoping to draw fire away from his fellow soldiers. A bullet kicks up a cloud of dust inches from his right foot. Another strikes near his left.
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Update: Soldier Famous For YouTube Video Of Taliban Firefight Interviewed -- Stars and Stripes
My Comment: I posted on this story a little while back .... and yup .... the video is still riveting.
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