. >> as sobel waits in a holding area for his new housing assignment, he and deputy decanio discovercommon. combat tours in afghanistan. and the possibility that they could have even crossed paths when sobel was badly injured by a roadside bomb. >> we were going about 35 miles an hour, and the back half of the humvee, we were going right over a bridge. >> i got a platoon that was based out of -- medevacs out of -- >> oh, really? >> and my platoon was based at anbar and we would pick guys up at jabaz if you got blown up or whatever and fly them to badr and get them out. it was in july of 2008. >> yep. >> that was probably my unit. >> that's crazy. >> medevac up there. >> that's so crazy. such a small world. >> it's just always interesting to talk to somebody who was in the same area at the same time. especially someone who suffered injuries. because that's primarily what i was doing when i was there, was crewing medevac helicopters. definitely for guys like that who've been through a lot i have a soft spot for. try to help him out best as i can. >> a short time later, classification o