Ex-Navy SEAL details his brush with death

Surviving Afghanistan: Ex-Navy SEAL details his brush with death
Enid News and Eagle
By Robert Barron
Staff Writer
June 13, 2013

ENID, Okla. — Marcus Luttrell’s story is one of those you don’t hear much about.

But he is an American hero, a member of SEAL Team 10 and the sole survivor of an ambush that resulted in the deaths of the rest of his team, and left him severely wounded on the lonely plains of Afghanistan.

Luttrell, speaking at an Edward Jones customer appreciation night event, told the audience Thursday at Enid Event Center he and his twin brother both wanted to be Navy SEALs from the time they were young. They began training with a “crazy” ex-serviceman at age 14 to become part of the elite force. Luttrell talked of how difficult the training had been, but how they became mentally and physically stronger.

Luttrell is author of the book “Lone Survivor,” which details his experiences in Afghanistan.

In late-June 2005, Luttrell and the other members of his SEAL team set out as part of Operation Redwing to kill a notorious al-Qaida leader holed up in a heavily armed Taliban stronghold.
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