Navy SEAL Shot 27 Times in Brutal Ambush

About this video

A former Navy SEAL recounts a mission targeting an Al-Qaeda cell responsible for shooting down four U.S. medevac helicopters. During a night raid, he describes entering a room where he was immediately shot multiple times, losing consciousness after a grenade explosion, then regaining consciousness to find enemy fighters standing over him assuming he was dead. He recounts killing the remaining fighters with his pistol while wounded on the ground, then walking out to the medevac helicopter after sustaining 27 gunshot wounds and other injuries.

Key takeaways

• The guest describes a mission targeting an Al-Qaeda cell that had shot down four U.S. medevac helicopters, killing all aboard including a female pilot who had attended the academy with one of his platoon officers
• The guest recounts being shot 27 times during a room entry, knocked unconscious by a grenade blast, then regaining consciousness to find two enemy fighters shooting over him while he lay on the ground
• The guest describes killing four enemy fighters with his pistol while severely wounded and lying on the ground, experiencing slow-motion perception during the firefight, then walking approximately 150 yards to the medevac helicopter despite his injuries
• The guest details his extensive injuries including gunshot wounds to both legs, stomach, arms, back, buttocks, scrotum, and left thumb, plus body armor strikes, yet remained conscious and coherent enough to clear the rest of the house before extraction

Episode details: published September 4, 2025 · 17.6K views · 23:43 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Stories told by Mike Ritland’s podcast guests are the guests’ own accounts, attributed to them — not independently verified. Commentary is Ritland’s, presented as his analysis.

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