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American Officer Shot Down in Iran Revealed for the First Time: 'When I Looked Up and Didn't See a Parachute, I Started to Pray'
It was one of the greatest moments of drama in the war; an American plane shot down by a shoulder-fired missile, and then began a race against time. In his first interview on '60 Minutes,' 'Bravo,' the officer who was seriously wounded and survived alone for 50 hours, speaks about the moment of impact ('felt like a freight train'), the decision to climb a 7,000-foot mountain ('never lose motivation'), and his message ('an example of what America...')
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It was one of the greatest moments of drama in the war; an American plane shot down by a shoulder-fired missile, and then began a race against time. In his first interview on '60 Minutes,' 'Bravo,' the officer who was seriously wounded and survived alone for 50 hours, speaks about the moment of impact ('felt like a freight train'), the decision to climb a 7,000-foot mountain ('never lose motivation'), and his message ('an example of what America...')
