Nightline (ABC) - 2001-12-04
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[0:00] 21st. Watch the gift of hope teleathon
[0:02] on K2 December 13th at 8.
[0:07] >> December 4th, 2001.
[0:10] >> The direct hit to strike on buildings
[0:12] around Kbble near K.
[0:14] >> Seven targets were hit.
[0:15] >> This is how you've seen the US bombing
[0:18] of Afghanistan so far.
[0:23] This is what it looks like from the
[0:25] cockpit of an F-14 Tomcat on a bombing
[0:28] run. We can tell right away if it's a
[0:30] hit or a miss. All four of our bombs
[0:32] went where they were supposed to go. Hit
[0:34] the targets that the uh ground
[0:36] controller was asking us to hit.
[0:42] >> And from inside an Afghan village in the
[0:44] wake of a US attack,
[0:47] >> nobody's happy to see the destruction of
[0:49] their own country, but after the Taliban
[0:51] brutality, we thank America.
[0:56] and from the families of Taliban
[0:58] fighters killed in the bombing.
[1:02] >> Even if all the young men go to jihad, I
[1:05] will be thankful to God.
[1:07] >> Tonight, the view from the cockpit and
[1:10] beyond as America fights back.
[1:18] From ABC News,
[1:23] this is Night Line
[1:26] reporting from Washington. Ted CP. When
[1:30] all is said and done, this is a program
[1:32] about perspective. At its very simplest
[1:34] level, the difference between looking up
[1:37] or down the barrel of a gun. The US Navy
[1:40] permitted us to put a couple of cameras
[1:42] aboard their F-14 Tomcats. It's the
[1:45] closest that most of us will ever come
[1:46] to experiencing the adrenaline pumping
[1:49] exhilaration of a bombing run over enemy
[1:52] territory at several hundred miles an
[1:54] hour. It requires an extraordinary
[1:56] amount of skill, courage, technical
[1:59] coordination, and backup from the
[2:01] aircraft carriers and airborne tankers
[2:03] to t