it's closed this marine would say all right well my family is at north gate. it just opened. let's get moving. got close they would hold the phone picture of the pineapple, we were able to pull hundreds of afghan families through these various perimeters in the final days. heroism, to me, means what the afghan partners and their families endured. people think the opposite of fear is courage and it's really not. it's love. the love that these afghan people had for freedom and the love that our veterans had for their afghan partners. i was just so grateful to see our veteran population show us what leadership looks like. that's who we are as americans. [cheers and applause] >> dan: please put your hands together and give a very warm welcome for retired green beret and tonight's heroism recipient scott mann. [cheers and applause]