about whether they ever should have landed on that mountain and whether they inadvertently left a fallen comrade behind. some question the decision to land so close to the objective, breaking a cardinal rule for commandos. why did you have to land there? to did break protocol by landing on the next? i was going to land at another location, and make my move on foot to the top of the mountain. there were other changes that forced me to adapt my plan. but were those changes? i was told i needed to be in position by sun up. that is what i did. new evidence as shedding light on that fateful day. while taking mne fire, petty officer neil roberts fell out into the snow. the army chinook helicopter crash landed 4 miles away. slabinski ordered his team back up the mountain to rescue fellow seal roberts, who survived the fall. slabinski, a second generation seal, remembered his boy scout