He did an amazing landing.

It was a very, very lucky shot.

I'm very, very proud of him.

We circled what seemed like an eternity trying to decide whether we should stay there, whether we should go someplace safe, ... Finally, my tail gunner, Master Sgt. Byron Allen, spotted our lead aircraft on the ground, their main rotor still turning, so they were probably all right.

I'm sincerely honored to have you all here to be a part of this.

Here we are flying around with guys shooting at us, and we didn't know if our wingman was OK, if they'd crashed, if they were alive -- couldn't get them on the radio.