![]() ![]() You have an unstable platform shooting off a ship at another unstable platform, another ship, at night, through a tiny, tiny opening in that lifeboat, that small window. Sir, they're gonna shoot him!Ĭhris: It's difficult to convey how difficult this job is. But I think they got a lot of things right. Well, look, it's a superhero movie, right? And it's entertainment. ![]() So it is very important that the sniper shots go together. In a training environment, you would hear, "Ready, ready, ready, ready, aim, fire." And you have to shoot on that cadence. And it's almost like being a drummer in a band, where you just get used to the rhythm. If you're a sniper, you shoot at various distances, but you practice that coordinated shot. So we would practice that day after day after day. The coordination is very, very important. Shooting is a very, very important part of this job, but it's only one element of the job. And that was very well done in this scene. So in this case, snipers executed what we call an open-air option, which you send bullets into the space, not human beings. If you can get into a space without sending people inside, that's ideal. ![]() The sniper shots, then the door breach, and then the entry by the assaulters. You want to go in with speed, surprise, and violence of action. You have to make sure they all go at the same time. You could go down the outside of the ship and go in from the outside.Ĭhris: Anytime you have a hostage-rescue operation, you've got a lot of moving pieces. So that would entail fighting your way down stairwells. You're probably above where they're keeping the hostages, and then you have to get down to them. You've got to have some kind of stealth, which means night vision. You've got to get there to begin with, which is a helicopter operation. So, we practice hostage rescue on ships, yes. A ship underway at sea has got to be one of the most difficult. You could have a plane, you could have a high-rise building, you could have any of those things. So we have to prepare for all of those things. And it probably works better in this type of a situation.Īnytime you have people gathered in one area, you could have hostages. The belay device is behind you, and you would use a hand behind your back so that you could face down. Oftentimes we'd use a breach, and we'd lower down an explosive device below or something of that nature. In this case, they use a technique of Australian, we used to call it Australian rappelling. "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" (2014)Ĭhris: We do have to rappel from time to time from above down to the hostages to effect a rescue. And today I'll be rating hostage-rescue scenes in movies. Been involved in dozens of high-profile operations around the world, including the siege at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, and at Waco, Texas. I was a member of the Hostage Rescue Team. It often indicates a user profile.Ĭhristopher Whitcomb: Hi, my name is Chris Whitcomb. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. ![]()
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