Series·2025·TV-MA·1 season

Surviving Black Hawk Down

DocumentaryWar & Politics

In extraordinary detail, US soldiers and Somali fighters recall the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu and the now-famous downing of three Black Hawk helicopters.

Created by Sam Hobkinson, Jack Macinnes

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This Is Not New YorkE1 · 53 min

Somalia, 1993. An effort to end famine and civil war turns violent when a US mission to take out a rebel leader ends in the death of multiple civilians.

A Wall of LeadE2 · 47 min

A routine raid to capture two of Aidid's lieutenants turns into a chaotic rescue operation when the Army Rangers are met with fierce Somali counterfire.

No Way OutE3 · 56 min

As news of the botched Black Hawk operation rattles America, video of a captive pilot shocks the globe. Will he be rescued?

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