in the guard tower on the roof soldiers find more injured. stay low, stay loun. reporter: they re treated under fire. the troops keep firing, now supported by helicopter gun ships. after 30 intense minutes the battle is finally over. battles like this one are picking up and taking a toll. on many patrols the sergeant is the pointman. if there s an ied in the ground, he ll most likely see it first or step on it. i m thinking about, you know, just getting to where we re going the safest route possible. i don t really dwell on this could be my last patrol. reporter: he s from akron, ohio and looks at photographs of the girl he wants to marry after he goes home in a few months. when i and him about a fellow soldier that was killed, its clear how they feel about the growing casualties here. right now i m numb to it. i don t feel much. i pray for his family and soul.
it is. how many we have? there s two in there. reporter: in the guard tower on the roof, soldiers find more injured. stay low. stay low. reporter: now three soldiers are wounded. they re treated under fire and evacuated off the roof. the troops keep firing, now supported by helicopter gun ships. in minutes, the guard tower is back up. there s now been a lull in the fighting. the air support seems to have stopped the attack, at least for now. the soldiers are still all here on high alert in case there s another attack. reporter: after 30 intense minutes, it s finally over. medevac helicopters lift away the injured. well, it s an honor to be in the same news organization as richard engel. we ve got sebastian junger joining us right now. he spent 15 months in afghanistan with a single platoon seeing the raw, grim reality of war. like we are going to see here, the title of his book is war.
they launch mortars almost straight up. because 20 taliban fighters are just 100 yards away. but in the chaos they re just realizing how bad it is. any others? how many we have? we got two in there. in the guard tower on the roof, soldiers find more injured. stay low. stay low! now three soldiers are wounded. they re treated under fire and evacuated off the roof . the troops keep firing, now supported by helicopter gun ships. i show you that, one, because lest we forget, our troops are facing incredible, incredible difficulties in the field and are showing great valor and strength in the field. but also as is your reporter. absolutely, richard engel, every day. also in the context of afghan president hamid karzai reported by the new york times this weekend to have real doubts
they launch mortars almost straight up. because 20 taliban fighters are just 100 yards away. but in the chaos they re just realizing how bad it is. any others? how many we have? we got two in there. in the guard tower on the roof, soldiers find more injured. stay low. stay low! now three soldiers are wounded. they re treated under fire and evacuated off the roof . the troops keep firing, now supported by helicopter gun ships. i show you that, one, because lest we forget, our troops are facing incredible, incredible difficulties in the field and are showing great valor and strength in the field. but also as is your reporter. absolutely, richard engel, every day. also in the context of afghan president hamid karzai reported by the new york times this weekend to have real doubts
reporter: in the guard tower on the roof, soldiers find more injured. stay low. stay low. reporter: now three soldiers are wounded. they re treated under fire and evacuated off the roof. the troops keep firing, now supported by helicopter gun ships. in minutes, the guard tower is back up. there is an now been a lull in the fighting. the air support seems to have stopped the attack, at least for now. the soldiers are still all here on high alert in case there s another attack. reporter: after 30 intense minutes, it s finally over. medevac helicopters lift away the injured. well, it s an honor to be in the same news organization as richard engel. we ve got sebastian junger joining us right now. he spent 15 months in afghanistan with a single platoon seeing the raw, grim reality of war. like we are going to see here, the title of his book is war. thank you so much. i can t say enough about richard