this is the story of a cnn team that got into syria s most dangerous city. to reach a handful of citizens risking their lives every day. to see firsthand, to bear witness, and to tell the world about the suffering, the grief, and the courage of homs. this is the account of 72 hours under fire. reporter: for more than a year, the regime of dictator bashar al assad have used brutal force to put down a popular uprising in syria. across the country, protesters demanded change, chanting down with the regime. this is another rocket in a civilian home. reporter: the city of homs became the beating heart of a growing uprising. but the syrian military sealed off one neighborhood as it tried to crush the revolt. the assad regime is shelling relentlessly these neighborhoods. there are snipers positioned in areas that are, you know, killing people as they try to leave their homes. this is a civilian neighborhood where people were living normal civilian lives being bombarded
i stuck my head through. and i reached in, nothing happened. i said you must do that. up he went again and i reached in and somehow got under his arm or grabbed on to something and i lifted him up and over this barrier and we fell in a heap on the floor. this man just gave me a head lock with all his might he just pulled. and just yanked me through that wall. i was like a superman. he just yanked me through and i fell on top of him. and i gave him a big hug and kiss and i said you are my guardian angel. my lord send you to save me. we started down the stairs the inner wall of the fire stairs had blown in. we could look through the cracks and you could see flames licking up the other side of the wall as we went down through this area. we stopped at a floor, because i couldn t breathe properly. i couldn t walk down. i was bloodied, bruised. and the leg wound was opening. we went as low as the 44th
i stuck my head through. and i reached in, nothing happened. i said you must do that. up he went again and i reached in and somehow got under his arm or grabbed on to something and i lifted him up and over this barrier and we fell in a heap on the floor. this man just gave me a head lock with all his might he just pulled. and just yanked me through that wall. i was like a superman. he just yanked me through and i fell on top of him. and i gave him a big hug and kiss and i said you are my guardian angel. my lord send you to save me. we started down the stairs the inner wall of the fire stairs had blown in. we could look through the cracks and you could see flames licking up the other side of the wall as we went down through this area. we stopped at a floor, because i couldn t breathe properly. i couldn t walk down. i was bloodied, bruised. and the leg wound was opening. we went as low as the 44th floor, like a sky lobby, like
and i lifted him up and over this barrier and we fell in a heap on the floor. this man just gave me a head lock with all his might he just pulled. and just yanked me through that wall. i was like a superman. he just yanked me through and i fell on top of him. and i gave him a big hug and kiss and i said you are my guardian angel. my lord send you to save me. we started down the stairs the inner wall of the fire stairs had blown in. we could look through the cracks and you could see flames licking up the other side of the wall as we went down through this area. we stopped at a floor, because i couldn t breathe properly. i couldn t walk down. i was bloodied, bruised. and the leg wound was opening. we went as low as the 44th floor, like a sky lobby, like an empty hotel lobby until a security guard manning his booth, rather surprised to see us and said have you got a
i stuck my head through. and i reached in, nothing happened. i said you must do that. up he went again and i reached in and somehow got under his arm or grabbed on to something and i lifted him up and over this barrier and we fell in a heap on the floor. this man just gave me a head lock with all his might he just pulled. and just yanked me through that wall. i was like a superman. he just yanked me through and i fell on top of him. and i gave him a big hug and kiss and i said you are my guardian angel. my lord send you to save me. we started down the stairs the inner wall of the fire stairs had blown in. we could look through the cracks and you could see flames licking up the other side of the wall as we went down through this area. we stopped at a floor, because i couldn t breathe properly. i couldn t walk down. i was bloodied, bruised. and the leg wound was opening. we went as low as the 44th floor, like a sky lobby, like