. >> rory, embedded with his unit in homan province. after this was filmed hamil was hit by an ied. >> it had been raining all night and we were walking through knee-high mud and i stepped on a metallic pressure plate. i didn't get knocked out. i watched my leg separate from my body. i thought, that didn't happen, there's no way that happened. i tried to stand up but i couldn't. my friends, my brothers, my marines, they got to me, they saved my life. they got me on the helo. i eventually died on the helo but they brought me back to life. here i am today. it's a long arduous process but i'm alive and kicking. >> he said seeing the film helped him get through that dark time. >> the film helped me out a lot because i didn't know what to do. i didn't know where to go. i didn't know how i was going to live my life. because obviously i'm used e-used to being full--- i'm used to being full-body. there's many, many people not just about me. >> it is as hamil says, about family, about the brothers in arms. just as the film was for boetcher who b