Eyewitness News talks with Jessica Lynch on 20th anniversary of her rescue

West Virginia native Jessica Lynch was rescued after she was captured by Iraqi troops in 2003. bit.ly/3K4MQ0V
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  • @normanslusser1081
    @normanslusser108121 күн бұрын

    Keep the fight for the real story THANK YOU

  • @mamonkasem4973
    @mamonkasem497313 күн бұрын

    I am from Iraq. I remember this happened in 2003 when the American soldiers were captured in the battle of Nasiriyah. It was a sad event between two parties, between the former Iraqi army and the American army.

  • @robinkwallace
    @robinkwallace2 ай бұрын

    She wasn’t the only female captured that day. I have no idea why they always omit Shoshana Johnson, even to this day.

  • @thomasmoore4778
    @thomasmoore477815 күн бұрын

    God bless her❤️

  • @doberman1ism
    @doberman1ism2 ай бұрын

    Sergeant Donald R Walters 507th is the blonde haired soldier who put up a fierce fight before running out of ammunition and was killed by the Iraqi soldiers. Jessica should learn his name and never forget it considering the government attributed his heroism onto her when she had nothing to do with it.

  • @mpmcpherson425

    @mpmcpherson425

    2 ай бұрын

    In front of congress she set the record straight about that.

  • @MrMattf727

    @MrMattf727

    Ай бұрын

    she went in front of congress and told them that he was one of the real heroes that day. she knows his name and has always been very vocal about the truth about that day and has been telling the truth for the last 20 years. maybe just calm down a little and direct your anger at the people in the government that told the lies about that whole situation

  • @klau88873
    @klau888739 күн бұрын

    The Operations Room made a good detail video of this Battle and other history battles.

  • @stonecold6385
    @stonecold63852 ай бұрын

    Thanks sis. Fellow Iraqi Freedom Vet here. I wasn't that far from where you were captured. Hard to believe it was 21 years ago

  • @SpartanChief2277

    @SpartanChief2277

    Ай бұрын

    Iraqi Freedom, is that what USA calls that disaster

  • @stonecold6385

    @stonecold6385

    Ай бұрын

    @@SpartanChief2277 Yeah that's what they called it. Gotta make it sound like a good reason for US military men and women to die for people who freaking hate us.

  • @josephrummel5211
    @josephrummel52112 ай бұрын

    Thanks for your service Sister. It was an honor.

  • @DexKoontz
    @DexKoontz2 ай бұрын

    ❤ to you from a Veteran of the Vietnam "excursion." I remember the deep fear I felt for you hearing of your capture. I salute you.

  • @glennl9630
    @glennl96308 ай бұрын

    Love it❤

  • @cosedamondo
    @cosedamondo4 ай бұрын

    The doctors in Nassiriya say they provided the best treatment they could for Lynch in the midst of war. She was assigned the only specialist bed in the hospital, and one of only two nurses on the floor. "I was like a mother to her and she was like a daughter,"says Khalida Shinah. "We gave her three bottles of blood, two of them from the medical staff because there was no blood at this time,"said Dr Harith al-Houssona, who looked after her throughout her ordeal. "I examined her, I saw she had a broken arm, a broken thigh and a dislocated ankle. Then I did another examination. There was no [sign of] shooting, no bullet inside her body, no stab wound - only RTA, road traffic accident," he recalled. "They want to distort the picture. I don't know why they think there is some benefit in saying she has a bullet injury." The doctors told us that the day before the special forces swooped on the hospital the Iraqi military had fled. Hassam Hamoud, a waiter at a local restaurant, said he saw the American advance party land in the town. He said the team's Arabic interpreter asked him where the hospital was. "He asked: 'Are there any Fedayeen over there?' and I said, 'No'." All the same, the next day "America's finest warriors" descended on the building. "We heard the noise of helicopters," says Dr Anmar Uday. He says that they must have known there would be no resistance. "We were surprised. Why do this? There was no military, there were no soldiers in the hospital. "It was like a Hollywood film. They cried, 'Go, go, go', with guns and blanks and the sound of explosions. They made a show - an action movie like Sylvester Stallone or Jackie Chan, with jumping and shouting, breaking down doors." All the time with the camera rolling. The Americans took no chances, restraining doctors and a patient who was handcuffed to a bed frame. There was one more twist. Two days before the snatch squad arrived, Al-Houssona had arranged to deliver Jessica to the Americans in an ambulance. "I told her I will try and help you escape to the American Army but I will do this very secretly because I could lose my life." He put her in an ambulance and instructed the driver to go to the American checkpoint. When he was approaching it, the Americans opened fire. They fled just in time back to the hospital. The Americans had almost killed their prize catch. A military cameraman had shot footage of the rescue. It was a race against time for the video to be edited. The video presentation was ready a few hours after the first brief announcement. When it was shown, General Vincent Brooks, the US spokesman in Doha, declared: "Some brave souls put their lives on the line to make this happen, loyal to a creed that they know that they'll never leave a fallen comrade." 15 May 2003 The Guardian

  • @elliotssportsgamerpro
    @elliotssportsgamerpro9 ай бұрын

    Brave soldier for sure

  • @johnellis3309
    @johnellis33097 ай бұрын

    A true American legend and hero

  • @burt7104
    @burt71043 ай бұрын

    Does a good job telling her story on Andy Stumpf's podcast.

  • @WestVirginiaguy49
    @WestVirginiaguy49 Жыл бұрын

    A American hero

  • @AlphaMale_1
    @AlphaMale_12 ай бұрын

    "Communication Studies" ????

  • @susank9725
    @susank97252 ай бұрын

    Air Force doesn’t sound so bad any more

  • @mgrainford8921
    @mgrainford8921 Жыл бұрын

    "trap" ok, you either join or not. simple.

  • @SpartanChief2277
    @SpartanChief2277 Жыл бұрын

    fake

  • @irishking21

    @irishking21

    Ай бұрын

    Nope not fake.

  • @SpartanChief2277

    @SpartanChief2277

    Ай бұрын

    @@irishking21 the story? Very fake

  • @irishking21

    @irishking21

    Ай бұрын

    @@SpartanChief2277 Her story isn't fake but the others who told the lies are the fake ones. She never said anything about firing a gun and set the record straight in front of congress. So, she and her story aren't fake.

  • @IRELANDISFORTHEIRISH
    @IRELANDISFORTHEIRISH2 ай бұрын

    Still milking the lie...an honorable thing to do these days, which are filled with less then honourable people, like pt. Lynch here.

  • @irishking21

    @irishking21

    Ай бұрын

    Are you saying she wasn't injured and had to be rescued from another country. Stop talking gibberish you tool. She was and still is honorable.

  • @forestsnow6508

    @forestsnow6508

    Ай бұрын

    She was rpd according to team members that rescued her. A-HOLE