movie blackhawk down. and how to face definite situations and the retired army ranger is next. first a message from our troops from this great america. hi, i m first class robert silver and send a shout out to my wife and son matthew back in killeen, texas. happy 4th of july. i love you.
ainsley: an icy with one flavor, you can get all three. clayton: to facebook, they re honoring the military and america s super soldier like kae captain america, i was a comic fan, i still am. captain america the movie comes out and there s a contest to nominate veterans or active, maybe they ve returned from active duty and doing incredible work at home. and our thanks to dunkin . ainsley: and throwing in coffee. their coffee is my favorite. delicious. dave: all right. folks, an interesting sleep study out this weekend for all of you folks that work hard all week long and sleep four or five hours a night, here is the bad news. ainsley: you wouldn t know about that, being a dad and the morning shift. dave: the bad news, you can t catch up as you saw it on the weekend. can t get two solid nights of sleep and reset.
welcome back to fox & friends, quick headlines now, prince albert ii of monaco saying, quote, i do. to his new princess bride, a former olympic swimmer from south africa, the two exchanged rings at the prince s palace at monty carlo, the son of the late grace kelly. and dramatic video from thailand as the bomb squad officer survives this bomb blast. and the officer was trying to open the front passenger door when the bomb went off. the officer was thrown to the ground, was able to get up and walk away with minor injuries. the blast being blamed on muslim militants, ainsley. ainsley: thank you, dave. the movie blackhawk down is about war and fate. based on the true story of a u.s. army ranger unit sent to somalia during the conflict in
the 90s. our next guest depicted in that movie, but something happened on that mission that definitely turned his life around. and joining me now is major jeff strucker, the co-author of fallen angel and associate pastors at columbus, georgia. thanks for being with us. great to be with you. ainsley: good morning to you, what a great movie, new york times best seller and everyone s probably read the book or seen the movie. our country shall, how accurate was that story. blackhawk down the book is very accurate, the movie they did a great job of it and made an accurate depiction of what really happened. ainsley: and your experience there turned your life around, i understand. in what way? well, i was a sergeant in somalia and i became an army chaplain and the events of blackhawk down, god used to get a hold of my life and showed me there was something