I was told I needed to be in position by sunup and that’s what I did. Britt Slabinski More Quotes by Britt Slabinski More Quotes From Britt Slabinski When we landed on top of the mountain, my helicopter took rocket-propelled grenade fire right away, bullets the size of your finger passing through there, those are the ones that hit hydraulic fluid, which ultimately took us out of the sky. Britt Slabinski latest-headlines Our radios have a limited range on how far I can transmit. by the time I got to the right frequency they had already gotten shot down. Britt Slabinski latest-headlines I was going to land at another location and make my movement on foot to the top of the mountain, but there were other changes that forced me to adapt my plan that forced me to go to the top of the mountain. Britt Slabinski latest-headlines My teammate’s alive. I know that he is in enemy territory. Britt Slabinski latest-headlines I am thinking, sorry for what's about to come. I love you and be great. And that's the last I thought of it, I parked it away in my mind, and I put my thoughts back on task. Britt Slabinski latest-headlines When I look out at my team, I just get this feeling that Al Qaeda fighters're just being torn apart. Britt Slabinski latest-headlines I can tell you, we left no one behind. No one. What I saw, what I experienced, I know that clearly that we didn't leave anyone behind up there. I wasn't more than 20 to 30 feet away from where John Chapman was and that was my experience. But what I want people to focus on is that it's called Roberts Ridge now because we lost six other people up there. A total of seven. Britt Slabinski latest-headlines I can't get on my radio change frequencies quick enough to talk to them to tell them' do not land on top before they get they themselves have another RPG [ rocket-propelled grenade ] hit the engine and then they crashed. Britt Slabinski latest-headlines
