This is just gripping video:
NBC News explains where it got the exclusive footage:
A new video purports to show Thursday’s raid in Iraq in which dozens of ISIS hostages were freed and an American commando was killed.
The video, exclusively obtained by NBC News from Jordan-based news outlet Arab24, was apparently taken on helmet cameras at a prison near the northern town of Hawija. Arab24 said it received the video from Kurdish military officials.
U.S. and Kurdish commandos stormed the prison in a pre-dawn, joint rescue mission after a tip that hostages there were about to be slaughtered. Oklahoma native Delta Force commando Master Sgt. Joshua Wheeler was killed in the ensuing firefight, marking the first time an American has died in combat operations against ISIS.
In the beginning of the footage, a group of soldiers darts out of a building, weapons drawn, as gunfire and beams from flashlights illuminate the area. A steady stream of pops — possibly small-arms fire — rings out while a few other soldiers stand near the entrance, weapons drawn. Dozens of barefoot hostages dressed in gowns, some stained in what looks to be blood, emerge from inside the building.
The men hold their hands up to show they’re unarmed, looking up in terror as soldiers usher them out to safety. Some cover their ears and appear disoriented, stumbling as commands to “keep moving” are issued in Arabic.
Pretty amazing.