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film version of 13 Hours will be released January
2016
Mitchell
Zuckoff and Annex Security Team give listeners a front row
seat to the infamous terrorist attack on a US Compound and
CIA Annex in Benghazi. Zuckoff narrates the audio version;
it's a professional narration about a violent true-life incident
that reads like a military thriller on the bestseller list.
Only this story is real; some died and others were injured
physically and emotionally.
Listeners
hear firsthand from Jack and other CIA Contract Security Operators
when the US Compound is attacked. What they witnessed could
put a group of politicians out of business but the author
warns 13 Hours is about the attack; not about what
officials knew or what they tried cover up. We're first introduced
to Jack, a former Navy SEAL, as he flies into Libya. We hear
about his personal and professional life as well as the others.
It's certainly makes the story more personal. The author gives
us background on past terror attacks and the history of Libya.
We hear how lawless Benghazi is and how easy it is to be murdered
by local thugs.
The Islamic
militants attack the US Compound then move to a nearby CIA
station called the Annex. After ignoring the stand down order,
Jack and the other American contractors try to rescue Ambassador
Stevens and two other men. They battle back to the Annex and
hold up there. It's a long, harrowing 13 hours. Calling 13
Hours an intense listen is an understatement. I went
through a range of emotions, and flashbacks of the news and
political finger pointing came to mind despite the author's
previous comments. The author's narration was calm but my
thoughts were not; listening to men fight for their lives
is both frightening and heart wrenching.
If you're
looking for the unadulterated truth about what happened in
Benghazi, Libya you need to listen to 13 Hours.
2nd
13 Hours review [book]
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