Black Hawk Down

It started as a 30 minute raid and turned into hours of battle. It all began when an American Black Hawk helicopter was shot down. Then citizens in Somalia attacked American troops. Now these were not ordinary citizens many were members of Al-Qaeda. A total of 160 troops went into Somalia that day, and of that 18 people died and 73 people were wounded. This was a low day in American history, and a simple mission gone terribly wrong. Not only were people killed, but their bodies were dragged through the streets. There were also two Black Hawk helicopters were shot down and torn apart by Somalian rebels.