robert reeves grew up in shreveport, louisiana. joe than kelsall, a member of s.e.a.l. team seven.rs was a member of the navy bomb disposal team. he lived in virginia beach, virginia with his wife, who's now pregnant and their three children. kraig would have turned 37 later this week. 35-year-old jon tumilson was a wrestler in high school and was going to be a navy s.e.a.l. since i can't remember when. brian bill graduated from vermont's norwich university in 2001. a high school teacher of brian bill's said, "brian just wanted to do his best to protect other people, challenge did not deter him. ever." most of the names of the people lost in the helicopter crash are not yet known to us, but we do know none of the families and friends of anyone on that helicopter needed to be reminded that we are a nation at war. [ female announcer ] find yourself sometimes cleaning up after your dishcloth? bounty extra soft can help. it's super durable, and in this lab test bounty extra soft leaves this surface three times cleaner than a dishcloth. even with just one sheet. super clean. super soft.

high school buddies robert reeves and jonas kelsa from louisiana.., now saturday as the helicopter descends in darkness, the taliban take aim with an rpg. normally easy for a helicopter to evade. >> it is an inaccurate weapon. it's not able to hone in. it's like shooting a bullet. >> but this night was different. the taliban were able to set up an ambush and fire on the helicopter as it came into the landing zone. a single shot and the helicopter burst into flames. >> an rpg is designed to blow up a tank so it is no match for the thin skin of a helicopter. >> the greatest catastrophe in afghanistan in a single incident since this war began. 30 american warriors gone. young patrick hamburger was going to propose when he got back. michael strange had just gotten engaged. his brother trying to remain stoic. >> everyone hears about it happening, you know, happen to us. >> and kimberly vaughn who had just given birth to a daughter eight weeks ago with her husband at her side she got the terrible word on saturday. >> i just fell to my knees. there's just

people in shreveport, louisiana, where lieutenant commander jonas kellsall and chief petty officer robert reeves played on the same high school soccer team. >> the war comes home to you when you... when it's a neighbor when it's a hometown boy. and here we've lost two of them. >> reporter: among the oldest is 36-year-old kevin houston, one of 22 navy seals aboard the helicopter. matt bills had been a seal for ten years, which means he was a veteran of countless nighttime raids. the seals aboard the chinook were assigned to back up another team which was west of kabul looking far local afghan leader. the team got pinned down in a fire fight and called for help. the chinook with the 30 americans, eight afghans and one dog aboard was apparently hit by a rocket propelled grenade as it came in. a taliban commander told cbs news the man the seals were looking for wasn't there. "we had all our forces in position to defend our valley" he said "and our commander is alive and well." earlier this afternoon, the aircraft carrying the americans took off from afghanistan for the final journey home. they will

two of them, lieutenant commander jonas kelsall and chief petty officer robert reeves, had actually gone to high school together in shreveport, louisiana. the mother of john browne said her son was the team's medic. >> his specific job was to be with them and see to their medical needs and they are rescued in a situation, if they had been taken hostage or something like that. >> reporter: most of the seals were member of the now famous seal team six which killed osama bin laden. none of them had been on that raid, but with their deaths, seal team six becomes a symbol of both the triumph and the tragedy of war. it was a night raid into the tanji valley west of kabul. one team had already hit the target, the compound of the local taliban leader, and called for help from seal team six. their chinook helicopter was apparently hit by a rocket- propelled grenade, although that has yet to be verified by examination of the wreckage. there were no survivors. later this week, the bodies will be flown to dover air force base in delaware, where they will be met by their families, along with the secr

high school buddies robert reeves and jonas keisall -- they served together and died together. and there was aaron vaughn, father of two. his wife, a former nfl cheerleader who met aaron while performing with the uso, spoke to him just hours before the crash. >> his last words to me were, "i love you, i'll talk to you later." and one day in heaven, we will. >> reporter: kimbebey told me her family, friends and the remarkable s.e.a.l. community are helping her through this. >> i'm just afraid i'm going to forget what he smells like, what he feels like, and -- i'm sorry. i just miss him. there's no other way to put it. >> reporter: aaron's remains will be returned with others to dover air base tomorrow. kimberly will be there to meet the plane. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. >> our hearts will be with kimberly and all the families. >>> we movovoverseas now to london. a city on edge and in flames tonight. new violence and new fires are breaking out after a weekend of mayhem. as abc's lama hasan reports, it is the most devastating uprising the city has seen in years. >> repo

robert reeves and his friend lt. commander jonas who reportedly grew up together, went to school together, played sports together, and became seals. >> people just didn't know what to say. war combs home to you when you -- when it's a neighbor. when it's a hometown boy here we is a lost two of them on the same team. we don't know what to do. >> and for the tens of millions of us who were so shielded from this decades long war, as families grieve across the nation we're beginning to learn more about the mission which ended so tragically. jennifer griffin at the pentagon tonight. what do we know about how they shot it down, jen. >> pentagon officials are saying that the initial battle field assessments are 00 initial reports from the field suggest that it was a shoulder fired rocket-propelled grenade. rpg which brought down this chinook helicopter. military sources are telling me that the seal unit was called in after protracted fire fight. army rangers on the ground called for immediate reaction force because there ar

robert james reeves. heath robinson. nicholas spehar. michael strange. jon tumilison.n vaughn. his widow kimberly told abc news she was going to dover. >> it's a way of healing for me. i don't want to miss anything. no matter how hard it is. >> reporter: kraig vicars and jason workman. three were from the air force. among them, john brown and daniel zerbe. and five were army. alexander bennett. spencer duncan. dave carter. patrick hamburger. and bryan nicholol 30 american troops were killed in this incident. they leave behind at least 13 widows and 21 children who lost their fathers on the deadliest day for the u.s. in this, the tenth year of the war in afghanistan. jake tapper, abc news, the white house. >>>>nd we are thinking of them and praying for their families tonight. >>> thanks for watching. diane will be back tomorrow. don't forget to check out "nightline" later and i'll see you in the morning on "gma." have a good night. >>> breaking news from oakland on the murder of a 3-year-old boy. police deliver on a promise to solve the crime quickly. >> tonight how a d

year-old son reagan and his 2-month-old daughter chamberlain. 32-year-old chief petty officer robert james reeveson s.e.a.l. team 6 and had earned four bronze stars. robert grew up in shreveport, louisiana with jonas kelsall, lieutenant commander kelsall was a member of s.e.a.l. team 7. craig vickers was on the maui high school football team in hawaii and was a member of the navy bomb disposal team. kraig lived in virginia beach with his wife who is pregnant and their three children. he would have turned 37 later this week. 35-year-old john tumilson always wanted to be a navy s.e.a.l. he was a wrestler in high school and a neighbor told the associated press, he was going to be a navy s.e.a.l. since i can't remember when. brian bill graduated from vermont's norwitch university in 2001 and then joined the s.e.a.l.s. a high school teacher of brian bills at trinity catholic high school in connecticut said brian just wanted to do his best to protect other people. challenge did not deter him, ever. most of the names of the people lost in the helicopter crash are not yet known to us, but we do know that

played on a high school soccer team, lieutenant commander jonas killsaw and chief petty officer robert reeves. >> the war comes home to you when it's a neighbor, when it's a hometown boy. >> reporter: the 30 men included members of s.e.a.l. team 6, on their way to help other u.s. forces who had become pinned down during a firefight with the taliban. randall? >> thank you, cbs' chip reid in delaware. >>> now to diana nyad's quest. she ended her bid at a record-setting bid from cuba to florida on sunday. he she was headed for the florida keys and trying to swim more than a hundred miles without a shark cage but she had to quit after 29 hours. hfway across the florida strait bought of strong head winds and thanks so much. that is your latest weather. good morning. >> good morning. thanks. >>> still ahead this morning, battling desperate times in east africa. erica will show us how they have bonded to build a make-shift community. >>> we will ask a local sheriff what these three motive are and where do they go. this is "the early show" on cbs. for a while now, you've been taking an antidepressant

jonas kessel, lou langless, mathew mason, steven mathew mills, jesse pittman, tommyraflull, robert james reevesnicholas spehar, michael strange, john tumleson, aaron carson vaughn, his widow kimberly told abc news, she was going to dover. >> it's... it's a way of healing for me. so i don't want to miss anything, no matter how hard it is. >> craig vickers and jason workman. three were from the air force, among them john brown and daniel swrishy. and five were army. alexander bennett, penser duncan, dave carter, patrick hamburger and brian nichols. 30 american troops were killed in this insz dent. they leave behind at least 13 widows and 21 children who lost their fathers on the deadliest day for the u.s. in this, the 10th year of the war in afghanistan. jake tapper, abcninetynews, thee house. house. >> we'll be right back in just a [ man ] i got this new citi thankyou card and started earning loads of points. you got a weather balloon with points? yes i did. [ man ] points i could use for just about anything. ♪ ♪ there it is. [ man ] so i used mine to get a whole new perspective. ♪ [ male announ

robert james reeves. heath robinson. nicholas spehar. michael strange. jon tumilson. his widow kimberly told abc news she was going to dover. >> it's a way of healing for me. so i don't want to miss anything. no matter how hard it is. >> reporter: kraig vickers. jason workman. three were from the air force. among them, john brown. and daniel zerbe. and five were army. alexander bennett. spencer duncan. dave carter. patrick hamburger. and bryan nichols. 30 american troops were killed in this incident. they leave behind at least 13 widows and 21 children who lost their fathers on the deadliest day for the u.s. in this the tenth year of the war in afghanistan. jake tapper, abc news, the white house. not only for the country but for the families. it's just heartbreaking. >> your heart goes out. especially you see those pictures and they're all young guys, young folks just starting out in their life. 30 killed, 22 were navy s.e.a.l.s who were part of the same special forces team that killed bin laden. none of the folks who were part of the bin laden raid were killed in tha