![]() ![]() “It was humbling and an immense responsibility simultaneously,” the CCT said. It must have been a weight off his shoulders knowing he’d done his best. Delta Force soldiers continued to hunt bin Laden, but O’Keefe’s part in the fight was over. 8, after dropping 688,000 pounds of bombs on the enemy, O’Keefe and his team were exfiltrated to Jalalabad. More photos from the operation at Tora Bora in Afghanistan showing the impact of airstrikes O’Keefe called in. “But that was as close as the ill-equipped team got.” “The CIA had pinpointed the Al Qaeda leader’s transmitter only 1.8 kilometers in front” of O’Keefe’s position, Schilling wrote. But though they killed hundreds of his followers, they could not reach the man himself. O’Keefe and the other CCT, Bill White, divided the terrain between them and kept hitting enemy positions, trying to nail Osama bin Laden. After a few days, a Green Beret team with another CCT showed up and got into position on the other side of the valley. Luckily, the small team would not be alone forever. “These guys helped defend me, they were pointing out targets, they were helping me with the terrain sketch … I couldn’t have done what I was doing without the teammates who were with me.” “I’m not the only show in town,” he said.
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