Trapped inside a coffin buried underground, Paul recounts the chaotic and violent ambush on his convoy in Iraq to a contact on a cell phone. He describes the trauma of witnessing his friends' deaths and the moment he was knocked unconscious before being taken captive.
DAN: What the hell happened out there, Paul?
PAUL: We had just left Anaconda, everything seemed okay. We knew that a bunch of our CB radios had been stolen and that the Iraqis were listening in, so we made sure to switch from our usual channels. Pam was riding with Jeff Breer, the convoy commander.
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