we're joined by best selling
author sebastian younger.
his latest work is a documentary
called "which way is the front
line from here?"
the life and times of timothy
heatherington.
one of the things i've found
rather chilling, we saw in
boston, it was iraq and
afghanistan veterans who, you
know, were there to help with
the injuries and knew how to
treat some of these injuries.
similar to the guys that you
were with when you were in
afghanistan.
tell us about those guys.
>> well, i think all soldiers
are trained in front line combat
medicine.
and those kinds of injuries, the
main priority is stopping the
loss of blood.
my friend tim was killed not by
ied but by a mortar in libya two
years ago.
he died of blood loss.
similar kind of injuries,
amputations, that kind of thing.
very similar.
>> you and tim were committed to
presenting such an authentic
picture of soldiers on the front
lines.
we've learned in the aftermath
of monday's bombings that, you