consequences for me politically. we knew the examples of the carter presidency, and we understood what happened there. but i tell you the only thing that i was thinking about throughout the entire enterprise was i really want to get those guys back home safe. as they watched the attack play out from the situation room, they could see the blackhawk pilot had managed a kind of controlled crash landing, but still that helicopter was the first casualty of the mission and we later learned it wasn t just any helicopter when the first pictures of the wreckage emerged hours later, aviation websites went wild. this, it turns out, was the stealth version of the blackhawk the u.s. had been rumored to be developing for years, designed for near silent invisible operation. in the coming days, neighborhood children were seen picking
latered learned it wasn t just any helicopter. when the first pictures of the wreckage emerged hours later, aviation websites went wild. this, it turns out, was the stealth version of the blackhawk the u.s. had been rumored to be developing for years, designed for near-silent, invisible operation. in the coming days, neighborhood children were seen picking through the pieces of what just hours earlier had been among the mighty u.s. military s best-kept secrets. back inside the situation room, listening to admiral mccraven s play-by-play of the mission, you d never know something had gone wrong. that room had tremendous confidence, because, indeed, the officer commanding this operation, admiral mccraven, didn t have a change in innotation in his voice. mccraven apparently didn t change his style of speech. he said, we ve amended the
helicopter. when the first pictures of the wreckage emerged hours later, aviation websites went wild. this, it turns out, was the stealth version of the blackhawk the u.s. had been rumored to be developing for years, designed for near-silent, invisible operation. in the coming days, neighborhood children were seen picking through the pieces of what just hours earlier had been among the mighty u.s. military s best-kept secrets. back inside the situation room, listening to admiral mccraven s play-by-play of the mission, you d never know something had gone wrong. that room had tremendous confidence, because, indeed, the officer commanding this operation, admiral mccraven, didn t have a change in innotation in his voice. mccraven apparently didn t change his style of speech. he said, we ve amended the mission, didn t miss a beat. did not miss a beat. he is a cool customer. reporter: but right then, another wrinkle. one of bin laden s neighbors was
situation room, they could see the blackhawk pilot had managed a kind of controlled crash landing, but still that helicopter was the first casualty of the mission, and we lat latered learned it wasn t just any helicopter. when the first pictures of the wreckage emerged hours later, aviation websites went wild. this, it turns out, was the stealth version of the blackhawk the u.s. had been rumored to be developing for years, designed for near-silent, invisible operation. in the coming days, neighborhood children were seen picking through the pieces of what just hours earlier had been among the mighty u.s. military s best-kept secrets. back inside the situation room, listening to admiral mccraven s play-by-play of the mission, you d never know something had gone wrong. that room had tremendous confidence, because, indeed, the officer commanding this operation, admiral mccraven, didn t have a change in
troops to the compound. the night stalkers was formed after the failed hostage rescue in iran in 1980. this was to provide night flying support for special opes missions. now, this isn t their first brush with fame. two night stalkers helos were shot gown in mogadishu, the subject of the movie blackhawk down. the unit has been in combat continuously since 9/11. and over 100 night stalkers are currently deployed to iraq and afghanistan. they fly specially modified helicopters like the one that was left behind in the bin laden raid. it was a secret stealth version of the regular blackhawk chopper and was seen for the first time this week. the unit s motto is night stalkers don t quit. and they certainly don t. that s going to do it for me today. but real quickly, before the president heads off to kentucky, i just want to remind you that he ll be speaking here shortly at a hybrid technology plant in indianapolis there to promote his energy and green jobs