you soandom act, and reported to secretary pineda. >> i happen to be in the pentagon that day. and the other combatant commanders and service chiefs. of thejust a few moments attack being initiated i was notified by my command center in was going on.his we didn't know precisely what it was, but we inform the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, and we together went to update secretary pineda -- pennetta. it became clear early on because of grenades that there was some degree of sophistication to this attack. we knew short period clearly, to us, at command a terrorist attack. >> there really wasn't in your mind a fog of war. wasn rice testified it probably a suggestion it was a random act because the anti-muslim video. at that stage he were convinced it was terrorism. >> the fog of war was alive and well that day. a clearypical to get vision of what was going on. we didn't spend a lot of time trying to figure out why did this happen. we were trying to figure out what happens, what was happening, what can we do about it. but i don't recall there being any more than a passing co

. >> reporter: it happened in seconds, before juanita pineda and her 15-year-old son benjamin could reacting their car with them in it. you can hear the panic as she franticly called 911. >> hello? >> yes, please help. >> reporter: juanita and benjamin were out delivering newspapers just before 4:00 a.m. tuesday, driving down a dark road in rural illinois when their ford taurus tumbled into the sinkhole. the road had given way after epic rains in june doubled the average for the region. mother and son were trapped. benjamin was hurt. then a bad situation got worse. a pick-up truck literally drives over them. >> oh, my god, no! another car! >> okay, what just happened? >> i don't know. another car just left. >> reporter: that pick-up driver turns around. >> no, no, i just drove right overtop of you? >> yes, you went over me. >> oh, my god, oh, my god, are you okay? >> my son, i need help, my son, please. >> reporter: with benjamin injured and bleeding, patience quickly grows thin. >> it felt like an hour to two-hour, three-hour wait. it felt like an eternity. >> reporter: benjamin has frac

. >> reporter: it happened in seconds before juanita pineda and her 15-year-old son, benjamin, could> hello? >> yes, please help! >> reporter: juanita and benjamin were out delivering newspapers just before 4:00 a.m. tuesday, driving down a dark road in rural illinois when their ford taurus tumbled into the broad sinkhole. the road had given way after epic rains in june, double the average for the region. mother and son were trapped. benjamin was hurt. then a bad situation got worse. a pickup truck literally drives over them. >> oh, my god, no! another car! >> okay, what just happened? >> i don't know. another car just hit. >> reporter: that pickup driver turns around. >> no, no. i just drove right over top of you? >> yes, you drove right over me. >> oh, my god. oh, my god, are you okay? >> my son. i need help. my son, please! >> reporter: with benjamin injured and bleeding, patience quickly grows thin. >> it felt like an hour, two-hour wait, three-hour wait. it felt like an eternity. >> reporter: benjamin has fractured ribs and cuts all over his body but is expected to make a full r