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Rob O’Neill recalls SEAL Team 6 airborne within 59 minutes
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Rob O'Neill Recounts the Insane Untold Details of Captain Phillips Rescue
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""we have a I don't want to say the amount of time to take off, but we're at plus 59 minutes. And the commanding officer is on there with SEAL Team 6 and he's just thinking, "Oh God, wheels up, please. Wheels up." And it's like 58, 59 wheels up and we just hit it.""
Rob O’Neill recalls the 2009 response to the hijacking of Capt Richard Phillips, saying his unit was taxiing at Naval Air Station Oceana at “plus 59 minutes”. He says their commanding officer was anxiously waiting for take-off as they rushed to launch.
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- Rob O'Neill · guest
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- Mike Drop
- Episode
- Rob O'Neill Recounts the Insane Untold Details of Captain Phillips Rescue
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