Danger Close Page #3

I just know from the left side.

(radio chatter)

We got two up ahead,

two on the left.

We got scouts

who can f***ing shoot.

Shoot! Shoot the...

(firing)

QUADE:
There was a moment where we were under fire

where I had to make a decision.

Do I stay a journalist

or do I cross the line?

Because the gunner, Bubba,

up above me with the 50 cal.,

he was out of ammo.

- What?

- Get the 50 cal.

I took a breath and said, Okay, Chad,

you know, throw me your knife.

(Quade narrates) I'll open

the strap on the ammo can.

I'll put the camera down

because there was nobody else.

I don't think in that moment

it made me a combatant.

I don't think I necessarily crossed

the line Journalistically.

Had you thought through

that moment before?

Or was it one of those things

that you just said,

if it comes,

it comes and I'll...

There becomes a moment when you might

have to check your moral compass

and your gut, and figure out

what's the right thing to do.

And in my career,

there's been moments where...

is it the reporter thing

or is it the human thing?

And I think in times like that,

the human thing

needs to win out.

(gunfire)

How old are you?

There were four of 'em

that we did catch

and we conducted some tests

to determine whether or not

they were actually the culprits,

they guys that had fired at us.

After the test results

came back,

we knew that they were

the four guys that we wanted.

Positive, positive,

positive, positive.

QUADE:
So would they be considered

snipers or pretty good shots?

I know one of them

got the truck.

They had a sniper out there

and they...

We did receive fire,

a few, uh, rounds

flew over our head and other

vehicle that you were in

got shot up and a round actually

pierced the armor there.

During that mission, there had

been a lull in the firefight

after the feeding

of the ammo and all of that.

I had asked if I could

get out of the vehicle

and crawl up

on top of the vehicle

to get some... some

panoramic shots,

some wide shots

outside of the vehicle.

And while I was up there,

stuff started happening again.

So I jumped off

the roof of the vehicle...

Had a very hard landing,

uh, busted my ankle

and busted my wrist.

Something was wrong.

I knew that I had hurt myself

and hurt myself badly, but...

I tried to fake that I was fine.

I didn't want to get sent home.

I wanted to keep

getting the story.

And so I kept faking...

Trying to fake that I was fine.

It got to the point where

I couldn't go

on air assaults anymore.

I couldn't even

put weight on the foot.

And, uh, so it was

time for me to go home.

Operational Detachment

Alpha 0-7-2,

they did their team photo

standing in front of

the Pirelli wall.

And it was that team photo

I brought to Rob's dad,

Bob Pirelli.

(applause)

MAN:
(on intercom)

Above you are three C-1-30s,

approaching the drop zone

with over 174

lethal and highly motivated

paratroopers on board.

The aircraft are flying in.

QUADE:

Oh, look, guys.

He said how much

you built the place up.

Well, when you heard about

this, what did you think?

Well, when I heard about it,

I thought it was nice.

I mean, I said, you know...

But when I actually saw it,

physically saw the design

they had... they had...

They had done,

and I really get the sense

they... they really did, uh,

officially name the outpost

with his name.

And to see the actual drawing

on the side of the wall...

And also, I think,

not only that,

I think seeing it

on a soldier's arm...

One of the soldiers

had the insignia done.

- And, um...

- Tattooed?

- Tattooed to his arm.

- Tattooed to his arm.

That type of love

for each other,

we need them

because they're him.

You know, they're part of him.

You know, them being around

makes a big difference to us.

WOMAN:
Well, this is the

basement and this is Rob's room.

And that's what I call it,

Rob's room,

because I turned around

and I decorated for Rob

and all his things.

It's a memorial for Rob.

This here is a picture

of Rob's unit,

one of them anyways.

I remember him

calling me one time

because I work in constructions

and electrical construction.

And he called me one time

to ask me how to

wire something out there.

And they wire differently...

Their schematics are different

than our schematics, anyways.

So even if I told him

that green was ground,

he says, "The wires

over here are orange.

What do I do?" You know.

So he figured out... He figured

everything out himself, so yeah.

And they all turn around

and they say that,

the Pirelli outpost,

Rob built most of it

and I'm sure he did.

Rob loved hockey.

Can you tell by the cups and all

that he loved the Avalanches?

And these are some

of the players that he liked.

We buried him

with his hockey stick

and we buried him

with his number 18,

his Hockey shirt from Franklin.

And that went with him.

My dad always said,

to really get to know Rob

you needed to go

to the places he went,

experience what he loved

and see the things he built.

MAN:
Hey.

- Hey, buddy, good to see you

- You too, Shawn.

- How's everything?

- Uh, it's going, it's going.

- Good, good.

- How you doing?

"Good, good, good.

Since Sunday, we've...

You guys went to state, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, yeah.

- That was awesome. Overtime?

- Yeah, double overtime.

- That's awesome.

- Yeah, it was a great game.

I can imagine.

That's the first time.

Yeah, in 33 years.

He came from a hockey town.

He came from a hockey family.

For dad, he was proud of Rob.

You heard that

when he announced the games.

He started announcing

because of Rob.

BOB PIERELLI:
You got 6 seconds

left, 41.6 seconds left

in the second period.

One-one deadlocked,

a great game.

You're treated to one of the

best games of the year, here.

And every time that Rob

touched the puck,

it was... you hear him yelling,

like, "Pirelli's got the puck!

Pirelli! Pirelli's got it!

He's gonna score!"

It was... it was... you know,

everybody else was like,

"Here comes Speducio,

Speducio shoots, shoots, save,"

but when Rob touched the puck,

it was... you felt it,

you felt his passion.

BOB PIERELLI:
Back up to Pirelli,

Pirelli on the left side.

Pirelli fighting for

the puck on Speducio.

He's looking down

the wrong way and...

(Bob Pirelli shouting)

He's gonna have a break-away!

Will it hit? Oh, no!

Aww, on an open net.

He missed an open net.

He made a beautiful move

and he misses the net.

SHAWN:
He wants Rob

to score so badly

because he wants

to announce this.

He wants to announce

to the world

that, like, Rob just scored.

BOB PIERELLI:

Everything...

Pirelli, I don't know how

he ever missed it,

but regardless...

SHAWN:
Dad wanted to see

that... that outpost.

That was something

that he, um...

I know he talked about

every day...

Was seeing and trying

to get to see the outpost

before it was destroyed

because it was

the last thing he built.

It was the last thing

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes