S1 Ep12: Black Hawk Down, Part 2

Covert

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🗓️ 7 August 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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In the Season 1 finale: Two downed helicopters; Task Force Ranger is trapped in the middle of a swam, with no way out, except a convoy that can't get through the barrage of fire. As they take shelter for the night, supplies are low, and they have to rely on sheer determination to make it through. This episode's sponsors: [Hims](https://www.forhims.com/ops) [Casper](https://casper.com/) PROMO: COVERT [ZipRecruiter](https://www.ziprecruiter.com/covert) Covert's theme is "Anxiety" by [Kai Engel](https://www.kai-engel.com/). Music in this episode is "Morbid Imagination", "Run", "Far From Home (PON VII)", "Floret", and "Nothing" by Kai Engel; and "Never Again", "August (Summer Nights)", "The Morning Star", and "Guldheden Eftermiddag" by [Ars Sonor](https://www.deviantart.com/frequency-alcyone). Sound effects from freesound.org by [CGEffex](https://freesound.org/people/CGEffex/sounds/123223/), [cjosephwalker](https://freesound.org/people/cjosephwalker/sounds/94851/;), [caquet](https://freesound.org/people/caquet/sounds/432169/;), [InspectorJ](https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/345558/;), [madcowzack](https://freesound.org/people/madcowzack/sounds/85232/), [manychefsbroth](https://freesound.org/people/manychefsbroth/sounds/151876/), [JoniHeinonen](https://freesound.org/people/JoniHeinonen/sounds/161884), [dkustic](https://freesound.org/people/dkustic/), [laurenmg95](https://freesound.org/people/laurenmg95/sounds/386691/), [qubodup](https://freesound.org/people/qubodup/sounds/184947/), [Huggy13ear](https://freesound.org/people/Huggy13ear/sounds/138959/), [FreqMan](https://freesound.org/people/FreqMan/), [DBKEEBLER](https://freesound.org/people/DBKEEBLER/sounds/403676/), [burnsie289](https://freesound.org/people/burnsie289/sounds/152418/), [dheming](https://freesound.org/people/dheming/sounds/128413/), [TobiasLudwig](https://freesound.org/people/TobiasLudwig/sounds/387072/), and [MWLANDI](https://freesound.org/people/MWLANDI/sounds/85815/). Additional sound effects from [freesfx.co.uk.](freesfx.co.uk.) Licensed under [Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

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0:00.0	It was a routine mission in Somalia.
0:05.0	The U.S. Joint Special Operations Force, Task Force Ranger were going to land in hostile
0:11.0	territory, capture two operatives, and get out.
0:15.0	But something had gone terribly wrong.
0:20.0	A Black Hawk helicopter, one of their escape routes, had been hit by a rocket propelled grenade.
0:29.0	The surviving crew inside now lay trapped deep in a maze of buildings and hollowed out warehouses,
0:35.0	and the enemy was closing in from all sides.
0:40.0	Welcome to Covert, a show about the shadowy world of international espionage and top secret military operations.
0:48.0	I'm Jamie Rennell, and I'm going to take you inside history's greatest special operations missions
0:54.0	to learn about the brave soldiers who risked their lives to terminate the world's most wanted,
1:00.0	eliminate terrorist threats and protect countless innocent lives, as told by the people who were there.
1:07.0	We came in with the audacity that we could just kick indoors and take down who we wanted,
1:12.0	and they were going to fight back. That's what you would do if they showed up in your neighborhood.
1:16.0	Kenny Thomas, Randy Ramiglio, and the rest of Chalk Team 3 knew there was no time to hesitate
1:22.0	when the helicopter went down. They had to reach it before the enemy did.
1:27.0	This is the real story of Black Hawk Down, part 2.
1:39.0	On the ground in Mogadishu, Kenny and Randy turned into a quiet alley,
1:43.0	and they checked the rooftops for any signs of enemy movement. For now, they appeared to be safe.
1:50.0	And at that point all of a sudden you hear the sky just erupts.
1:54.0	It is the most deafening. I don't remember much in the ways about my years when I numb,
1:59.0	but that one I remember how it was bone rattling.
2:03.0	The Rangers picked up their pace. They needed to get to that downed helicopter and soon.
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