Ridley Scott · 2001 · survival

Ridley Scott's 2001 war film, from Mark Bowden's account. In 1993 U.S. Rangers and Delta Force fly into Mogadishu to snatch a warlord's lieutenants from the Bakara Market - a raid meant to last an hour that turns into an overnight battle when two Black Hawk helicopters are shot down. Trapped deep in the hostile city, the soldiers fight through the streets to reach the crash sites and hold until dawn.

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   The airbase

   The American base by Mogadishu's airport from which the Task Force launches its helicopter-and-convoy raid into the heart of the city to seize two of the warlord Aidid's lieutenants.

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   Bakara Market

   The warlord's stronghold in the city center where the daylight snatch mission succeeds - just as a Black Hawk is shot down nearby and the operation collapses into a running battle.

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   The crash sites

   The downed helicopters deep in hostile streets, where trapped soldiers form a perimeter and fight through the night, holding out against overwhelming numbers until a relief convoy breaks through.

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   Pakistani stadium

   The UN-held stadium the exhausted survivors reach at dawn after the desperate 'Mogadishu Mile' on foot - the end of the longest sustained firefight since Vietnam.