truly alerted to what s happening. chris: the plan they practiced so many times went south quickly. i was looking on the big screens there as helicopter came in and i could see it start to waffle. chris: the lead black hawk fought to maintain control and then hit the wall of the compound. i immediately said to bill mccraveen, i said what the hell has happened. and bill didn t miss a beat. he basically said, look, we ve got a backup helicopter coming in, we re going ahead with the mission, we re going to repel and go in through the walls. this mission is going on. and i remember saying god bless you, let s do it. our pilot realized in an instant, if he can t hover, i can t hover, so you re not going to the roof. i remember my first foot on the ground, i thought to myself, i guess we start the war from here then. chris: you can watch countdown bin laden tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern on fox news channel and after it airs you can stream it any time on foxnation.com.
truly alerted to what s happening. chris: the plan they practiced so many times went south quickly. i was looking on the big screens there as helicopter came in and i could see it start to waffle. chris: the lead black hawk fought to maintain control and then hit the wall of the compound. i immediately said to bill mccraveen, i said what the hell has happened. and bill didn t miss a beat. he basically said, look, we ve got a backup helicopter coming in, we re going ahead with the mission, we re going to repel and go in through the walls. this mission is going on. and i remember saying god bless you, let s do it. our pilot realized in an instant, if he can t hover, i can t hover, so you re not going to the roof. i remember my first foot on the ground, i thought to myself, i guess we start the war from here then. chris: you can watch countdown bin laden tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern on fox news channel and after it airs you can stream it any time on foxnation.com.