Their will to survive, their will to evade, their will to recover is everything. In this case, the Backseater's absolute commitment to surviving made much of our efforts possible. On Saturday 4 April, after establishing positive communications with the Backseater, we learned, as the President said, that he was injured and actively evading enemy forces. And thanks to our interagency partners, we were able to get eyes on his location and positively ID him. (37:08–37:21)
CLAIM
Asserts that Dude 44 Bravo was injured and evading enemy forces on April 4th.
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