Tears of the Sun

Tension that had been brewing for months in Nigeria exploded yesterday...

...as exiled Gen. Mustafa Yakubu orchestrated a swift and violent coup...

...against the democratically elected government of President Samuel Azuka.

In the land with 120 million people and over 250 ethnic groups...

...there'd been a long history of ethnic enmity...

...particularly between northern Fulani Moslems and southern Christian Ibo.

The victorious Fulani rebels have taken to the streets...

...as outbursts of violence continue all over the country.

Thousands have been killed in the fighting or executed thereafter.

Fearing ethnic cleansing, most Ibo have abandoned their homes...

...and are fleeing the city or searching for sanctuary wherever they may find it.

Gen. Yakubu has taken control of most of the country...

...and appears firmly in charge.

There's no word on the United Nations' reaction to the coup...

...but United States forces have already begun to evacuate its embassy.

As you can see behind me, on the USS Harry S. Truman...

...activity is high as foreign nationals are evacuated from all over Nigeria.

This once peaceful country...

...has been rocked by a series of ethnic unrests and brief but bitter battles...

...mainly over control of Nigeria's vast oil supply.

However, nothing can prepare the country...

...for the overwhelming and decisive action that has just taken place.

We have just heard that the entire presidential family...

...has been assassinated. I repeat:

The entire presidential family has been assassinated.

- Welcome aboard, Mr. Ambassador. - Thank you.

Let me take those for you.

He got one in the leg!

Put him in the sickbay now!

Well, look at you.

- Welcome back. - Thank you.

We appreciate you've been humping out there, but we have to put you back in.

Priority tasking. We need to extract a critical personality ASAP.

Now get some chow, refit for a three-day LLRP.

See you in chow to debrief. You...

- ...go see the medic. - Aye, captain.

Attention on deck.

As you were, gentlemen. Sit down.

Everybody get chow?

- Yes, sir. - Okay.

Now, intel estimates 5000 Yakubu troops...

...scattered throughout this sector.

They've captured government armories...

...and unfortunately, we have been supplying them for far too many years.

In addition, the local militia are killing anyone who goes to a different church.

All right, now, your prime objective is to find and extract...

...Dr. Lena Fiore Kendricks with International Relief Services.

Dr. Kendricks is an American by marriage.

Her late husband was Dr. John Kendricks.

Your secondary objective...

...is to extract two nuns and a priest who run a feel-good near Yolingo...

...if they so choose to leave.

St. Michael's Mission, right here.

You will halo over Cameroon...

...and float into your DZ near the edge of the Mazon Rain Forest.

When you get your package...

...you will proceed to your extract LZ Alpha.

Our presence on the ground will be considered hostile.

- Questions? - Sir...

...rules of engagement?

You will defend yourselves if you're fired upon. Otherwise, do not engage.

Sir, what's our escape-and-evasion plan?

Patrol the Cameroon border through the Tandjile Pass.

Anything else, gentlemen?

All right.

Dismissed.

Gentlemen, three minutes out.

It's okay. It's okay.

You speak English? You speak English?

Good. Good. I'm not gonna hurt you.

Are there any soldiers here? Any rebel soldiers?

You sure? You sure?

Good. Good. Can you take me to Dr. Lena Kendricks?

Do you know who she is? Okay, here we go.

Nice and easy. Come on.

Zee, we're moving.

It's all right. I'm not gonna hurt you, okay?

Open.

Clear.

Lasana, where's that wa--?

These American men are here to see you!

I'm Lt. Waters with the U.S. Navy. I'm here to get you and your people out.

We're in the middle of surgery here.

Ma'am, you don't realize what's about to happen here.

Are you a nun? Are you one of the nuns?

- Are you a nun, ma'am? - Yes, sir.

Good. Pack your things and let's get out of here now.

- Lieutenant! - Ma'am.

Get those weapons out of my operating room.

You're frightening my staff.

I'll be with you when I'm done. Now please wait outside!

Your staff should be frightened, ma'am.

Do you know what'll happen to you and these women when rebels get here?

Doc, maybe you can help her out.

Ma'am, may I assist?

- Are you a doctor? - No, I'm a corpsman, ma'am.

- Can you stitch? - Yes, ma'am.

- Are you sure? - Yeah, he's sure.

Then close for me.

We're taking our good old time here.

All right, Lt. Waters, I'm all yours.

Hurry up, Doc.

I assume you have a plan to get us all out of here?

Yes, ma'am. Come with me, please.

We've got a 12-klick hike to make to rendezvous to the helicopter.

Get your things together, but pack light.

Zee, bring your perimeter up. Keep Flea in place.

We spotted a rebel company outside of Yolingo on the way in.

We must assume they'll be here by night, if not sooner.

I'm responsible for 70 people here, more than half of them seriously wounded.

My orders are to evacuate foreign nationals only, ma'am.

What does that mean?

I mean nonindigenous personnel, ma'am.

Then we have a problem.

I will not leave without the indigenous personnel.

We're here to get you out. Now, I suggest you go find the priest...

...go find the nuns, pack your things and prepare to move.

When the rebel troops get here, they'll kill everything they see...

...including privileged white doctors.

- What part of that plan don't you get? - The Cameroon border's 40 miles away!

- You could fly them out in 30 minutes! - Can't do that.

- Why not? - Because my orders are very clear:

Evacuate the priest, you and the two nuns. Now pack and get ready to move.

We can take those who can walk.

They're not my responsibility. You are my responsibility.

You're right, lieutenant...

...it's not your problem. It is my responsibility...

...and I will not leave without my people.

All right, give me a minute.

- A minute? - That's right.

Sixty seconds. I suggest you use that time to go find the priest.

Get Command on the horn.

Eagle One to Command.

- Lena, what's going on? - I don't know yet.

Eagle One to Command.

Eagle One.

Yeah, captain, we got a problem.

No, we got her.

But she wants to bring the 70 people here along with her.

Yes, sir, I understand.

I will handle it.

Eagle One, out.

Dr. Kendricks.

You win. Get your people together. We leave in a half an hour.

There will be helicopters for them too?

Yes. We can only take those who can move under their own power.

I understand.

Thank you, lieutenant.

Hurry, please.

Why don't we just get Doc to tranq her the fuck out?

That's a great idea, Red. Drugging and kidnapping an American doctor.

I ain't sure this bitch is American.

The doctor is the mission, Red. Stick with her.

- And we're taking all these people out? - Go on.

We need everyone able to travel ready to go.

We must leave quickly. Quickly!

God will bless you, Lena.

- What did the captain say? - What the fuck you think he said?

Okay, let's clear these hooches.

Come here, you guys.

It's okay. It's okay. Come on.

Hour and a half off the rendezvous with the bird.

- Can only bring what they carry by back. - Roger that.

- Where's that priest? - He says he ain't coming.

Bless you, Lena.

Thank you for everything.

Don't cry, Sister, please. We'll see each other again.

Take care of yourself.

- You got it, Lake? - Hundred percent, sir.

All right. Let's go.

Take us out of here, but don't run away from us.

Roger that.

Keep them moving. Keep them moving.

Come on.

Keep them moving, Slo. Get her out of there.

Come on. Come on. Come on. Hey. Come on, let's go.

- Come on, now. - Catch up!

Sister Grace.

- The mother? - She is dead.

Oh, no.

Oh, no.

What am I going to do with this child?

Lena.

Lena, you'll have to take this child. It's the only chance she has.

We gotta move quicker than this.

We gotta get back for the Falcon game. Come on.

Take care of yourself, girl.

Sister Siobhan.

Mind yourself.

Let's go, Sister. Pick your bag up. Let's go now.

I'm not going.

Sister!

- L.T., she doesn't want to leave. - I'm not going.

What?

Good luck.

- God bless you. - Thanks be to God.

All right, let's make it quick.

Come on, ma'am, let's go.

Come on. We have plenty of work to do now. Come on.

Take care.