Blackhawk Down
"We've got a Black Hawk down, we've got a Black Hawk down! Super 6-1 is down. We've got a bird down in the city."
October 3rd, 1993. Mogadishu, Somalia.
Mohammed Farah Aidid, Somalian militia leader and tyrant, rules the city of Mogadishu with an iron fist. United Nations forces stationed nearby have been active for months, occasionally skirmishing with the militia but so far, no major engagements have occurred.
William (Bill) Shaw is an 19 year old boy from Portland, Oregon. His dream was always to join the army rangers with his high school best friend, Jamie Smith, and finally, in May, he'd done it. Now, six months later, he finds himself arriving at the Mogadishu airport, where the greatest test of his life is about to begin.
This book tells the story of the battle of Mogadishu, also known as the Blackhawk down incident.