TARGETED: BEIRUT Chapter Two Sneak Peek

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🗓️ 16 September 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

On September 24, the first in Jack’s new non-fiction series, TARGETED, will be released. This is the first in a new series written with Pulitzer Prize finalist James M. Scott exploring history’s most devastating terrorist attacks and their enduring global impacts. This inaugural installment of TARGETED delves into the tragic events of October 23, 1983, when terrorists struck the U.S. Marine Corps barracks and headquarters building in Beirut, Lebanon. The blast was one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history and resulted in the Marines greatest single-day loss of life since the battle of Iwo Jima in World War II. Join Jack in reflecting on the lessons of this pivotal moment in American history by listening to Chapter Two of TARGETED: BEIRUT - THE 1983 MARINE BARRACKS BOMBING AND THE UNTOLD ORIGIN STORY OF THE WAR ON TERROR, narrated by Ray Porter. There are lessons in the pages of history. Order your copy of TARGETED: BEIRUT HERE. Buy the audiobook https://bit.ly/TargetedBeirutAudio Audio excerpt courtesy of Simon & Schuster Audio from TARGETED: BEIRUT by Jack Carr and James M. Scott, read by Ray Porter. Copyright © 2024 by Rainsford Consulting LLC. Used with permission of Simon & Schuster, Inc. SPONSORS: TARGETED: BERUIT The 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing and the Untold Origin Story of the War on Terror – https://www.officialjackcarr.com/books/targeted-beirut/ Bravo Company Manufacturing: Visit us on the web at http://jackcarr.co/bcm and on Instagram @BravoCompanyUSA.com SIG: Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the legendary SIG SAUER P226. Learn more here - https://jackcarr.co/SIG40thP226 Jack Carr Gear: Explore the gear here - https://shop.officialjackcarr.com/ jack carr,terminal list,beirut explosion,beirut bombing 1983,marines,navy seal,military history,targeted,israel vs hezbollah,israel hezbollah,hezbollah vs israel,hezbollah,hezbollah israel,israel hezbollah news,jack carr book,beirut survivor,chris pratt,the terminal list,mike glover,black rifle coffee,jocko podcast,mike ritland,shawn ryan,cleared hot podcast,beirut,marine,survived,beirut bombing,inside,targeted:beirut,sneak peek,peek,chapter two

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0:00.0	Chapter 2
0:03.0	I don't know how the hell I survived.
0:06.0	John Reed, Public Affairs Officer, April 23rd, 1983.
0:13.0	Sirens wailed.
0:16.0	Black smoke curled skyward, blocking the midday sun and hiding the
0:21.0	gouged front of the American embassy.
0:23.9	In an instant the cascade of concrete had buried the lobby, including Guard Post 1 where
0:29.8	Bobby McMaw enjoyed passing out roses.
0:33.7	Gone to was the embassy's cafeteria,
0:36.2	information service library, personnel and consular sections,
0:40.7	as well as all the individual offices stacked above them.
0:45.2	The explosion had knocked out power and severed phone lines.
0:49.2	Water gushed from broken pipes, pulverized concrete dust clouded the air choking the survivors who crawled out
0:55.8	from under toppled desks, bookshelves, and file cabinets.
1:00.6	Into the noxious mix wafted tear gas from ruptured canisters in the armory.
1:07.0	I thought what might kill me, recalled consular officer Dundas McCullough, aside from the explosion, was suffocation.
1:18.1	Many never heard the blast but felt only the sudden and violent shake of the building,
1:23.6	reminiscent of an earthquake, followed by a rush of searing heat
1:27.2	that hurled them to the floor, through walls,
1:30.8	or in the case of Chief Warrant Officer Rayford Byers, out of a fifth floor window.
1:37.0	Buyers miraculously survived the fall, though he lost his left eye, broke both collar bones and arms, and suffered 14 broken ribs and a crushed
1:46.4	skull.
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