there. >> the secretary donnelly has approved the award of the air force cross to staff sergeant robert gutierrez sergeant gutierrez says he's 98% recovered and he can't wait to get back out to the front lines once again. barbara starr, cnn the pentagon. i remember the days before copd. my son and i never missed opening day. but with copd making it hard to breathe, i thought those days might be over. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function, starting within 5 minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. with symbicort, today i'm breathing better, and that means... game on! symbicort is for copd, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. it should not be taken more than twice a day. symbicort may increase your risk of lung infections, osteoporosis, and some eye problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. [ whistle ] with copd, i thought i might miss out on my favorite tradition. now symbicort significantly improves my lung function, starting within 5 minutes. and that makes

but what happened to robert gutierrez would have done in most men. >> i can't breathe i can't. >> reporter: gutierrez was shot. his left lung collapsed. he was bleegd. >> at that point i'm just gasping for small bursts of air. >> reporter: crawling toward gutierrez, this special forces soldier. the military will only let us say his name is mike. a sergeant first class, he is the unit's medic. under fire, he will save gutierrez, so gutierrez can save them all. mike use as long needle to reinflate gutierrez' collapsed lung. gutierrez can breathe again. >> excuse me. i'm sorry. i just, i owe a lot to him. >> reporter: but the entire team is in deep trouble. the team leader and two others are wounded. finally, gutierrez has enough breath to radio a pilot overhead. >> he just says, there is a sizable force on the east side of the compound. and they're all armed. they're all coming up. >> reporter: the plane can't bomb. the u.s. troops are too close by. so gutierrez still bleeding, calls in two f-16s. they fly in very low and fast in a show of forceful then an a-10 comes through, fir

gutierrez stacey lynn peak richard allen pearlman durrell v. pearsall thomas pedicini todd douglas pelino michel adrian pelletier anthony g. peluso angel ramon pena richard al penny salvatore f. pepe carl peralta robert david peraza jon a. perconti alejo perez >> my domestic partner. >> and our son, and his son, who was 10 days old when he died. we miss you. >> you live in my heart and i will never forget you. >> angel perez, jr. angela susan perez anthony perez ivan perez nancy e. perez joseph john perroncino edward j. perrotta emelda h. perry glenn c. perry john william perry franklin allan pershep danny pesce michael john pescherine davin peterson william russell peterson >> and my brother in law, father, uncle, and friend. we will miss you forever. >> to my brother, special operations, 10 years and feels like yesterday. we love you and miss you. >> mark petrocelli philip scott petti glen kerrin pettit dominick pezzulo kaleen elizabeth pezzuti kevin pfeifer tu-anh pham kenneth phelan sneha ann philips gerard phillips suzette eugenia piantieri ludwig john picarro matthew m. picerno joseph oswald pick christopher pickford dennis j. pierce bernard pietronico nicholas p. pietrunti .> and to my husband

robert cordice >> and my father. we miss you and love you. >> and my father, john murray. ruben d. correa danny a. correa-gutierrez james j.os cortes kevin cosgrove dolores marie costa digna alexandra costanza charles gregory costello, jr. michael s. costello asia cottom conrod k. cottoy martin john coughlan john gerard coughlin timothy j. coughlin james e. cove andre cox frederick john cox >> and my mother. we love you and miss you so much. we think about your every day and we know you are looking down on us smiling. >> and my father, james. we love you and miss you. james raymond coyle michele coyle-eulau anne marie cramer christopher s. cramer denise elizabeth crant james leslie crawford, jr. robert james crawford joanne mary cregan lucy crifasi john a. crisci daniel hal crisman dennis cross kevin raymond crotty thomas g. crotty john crowe welles remy crowther robert l. cruikshank >> and my husband, alfred. we love you and we miss you every day. you would be proud of our two boys. >> and my dad, martin and, from queens, new york, loved and missed as a father, husband, brother, uncle, cousin, and friend. i hope you are r