Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004): Black Hawk Down Part I

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And we were in the hallway in the upstairs of our house...
...and he was crying and said that he was really scared.
And he didn't want to have to go to Iraq.
So we had a conversation about, sometimes some fear is healthy...
...because it keeps our senses about us.
That's when he told me he hadn't told anybody else.
But he knew he was going to Baghdad.
We were... As everybody, we were glued to the TV.
Just glued, completely glued to the television...
...in hopes of seeing a glimpse of him.
"Can't you please go to where the helicopters are?
Can't you please let us see him?"
Then that night, it was about 10 something...
...I went upstairs to the bedroom.
I was in bed, flipping the channels with the remote.
All I heard was, "Black Hawk down, South Central Iraq."
What I can tell you at this hour is that last night...
...the Army did, indeed, lose a Black Hawk helicopter.
We are being told by officers on the ground...
...that there were six occupants inside the Black Hawk.
The next morning I got up, and I said:
"You push those sad thoughts out of your mind.
Okay, Jesus, I need you to come in.
I need you, Jesus. You gotta help me through this."
The Army called me, and I remember getting on the phone and him saying...
Asking me was I Lila Lipscomb, and I said, "Yes."
And he said, "Mother of Sergeant Michael Pedersen?"
And I remember dropping the telephone.
And all I can honestly say that I remember...
...is, "Ma'am, the United States Army...
...the secretary of defense regretfully informs you..."
That's all I know.
The grief grabbed me so hard...

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