By 7 a.m., the pilot’s body was pried from the first downed Black Hawk and the surviving American troops had made it to safety inside Mogadishu Stadium. At the time, the Battle of Mogadishu was ...

This series is the story of American soldiers who were trapped in Mogadishu in 1993 when their mission unexpectedly spiraled out of control. As the battle progressed, a terrifying reality emerged.

He was saved when a gunman recognised that the pilot might have value as a prisoner ... "The first report of the Mogadishu battle to reach the world was from the footage I recorded.