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Marcus Luttrell. Wrote the book Lone Survivor. Awesome book. Amazing story.
decent segment. they skipped the part about his dog being shot
amazing guy. great book.
not so excited about the movie, wish Marky mark wasn't in it. looks like it was filmed in Pennsylvania. will probably see it anyway
for anybody considering going to see mark wahlbergs new movie making money off of dead navy seals and guns...
The ex-leader of the Funky Bunch, Marky Mark had some pretty strong words for Charlton Heston. At the 2000 MTV Movie Awards, Wahlberg suggested on stage that the “Best Villain” award be given to Heston: “I believe Charlton Heston is America’s best villain because he loves guns so much. Maybe he should get the award for being president of the National Rifle Association.” But his anti-gun attitude didn’t stop there. “Well, I would love it if they could take all the guns away. Unfortunately, you can’t do that so you hope that good people in the world have them to protect the people who can’t protect themselves,” he said in an April 26, 2007, edition of the Herald Sun. “Certainly, I haven’t used a gun anywhere other than on a movie set and I’d like to see if we could take them all away. It would be a beautiful thing.”
Read the book. Was well worth the time, not to mention the money going to Luttrell, who is as real an American warrior as they come.
My take away from that 60 Minutes interview is that Luttrell has some serious survivor guilt... at one point he calls himself a coward because, as he puts it, he reached his breaking point and dropped his rifle in the middle of a firefight. He couldn't stand to hear his dying friend (the LT) calling out to him while Luttrell couldn't get to him. This was after seeing his other team mates killed or injured, as well as being injured himself.