Their goal that day was to strike down militia leaders loyal to GeneralMohamed Farrah Aididto secure U.N. relief operations.
Pandemonium breaks out, however, when the three Blackhawk helicopters are shot down with RPGs.
What makes the documentary stand out is that it’s not just telling the U.S. side of the conflict.
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Who Is Behind ‘Surviving Black Hawk Down’?
He’s joined by producersJamal OsmanandEmma Supplealong with executive producersDominic Crossley-HollandandTom Pearson.
Surviving Black Hawk Downpremieres on Netflix on February 10.
The story of 160 elite U.S. soldiers who dropped into Mogadishu in October 1993 to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord, but found themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily armed Somalis.
Check out the trailer in the player above.
