Former Navy SEAL sounds ALARM after attempted hijacking: This is 'NOT OVER'
♪. GRIFF: WE'RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT. THE HIJACKING ATTEMPT ON THAT. FLYDUBAI FLIGHT. THE UAE SAYING, QUOTE, THE CAN. CO-PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CARRY OUT. A TERRORIST ACT. HE ATTACKED THE CAPTAIN INSIDE. THE FLIGHT DECK USING A CRASH. AXE AND ATTEMPTING TO TAKE. CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT'S FLIGHT. CONTROLS. THE CAPTAIN, WHO WAS HURT. FIGHTING OFF THE CO-PILOT, OPENING UP ABOUT THE ATTACK. DURING TALKS WITH ISRAELI PRIME.
MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. LISTEN. >> WHILE HE WAS PRAYING, OUT OF. RESPECT I WAS JUST LOOKING AT. THE FRONT AND NOT AT THE BACK. AND SUDDENLY AFTER, THINK -- I. THINK I WOULD SAY ABOUT FOUR OR. FIVE MINUTES, THERE WAS A BIG. BLOW TO THE BACK OF MY HEAD, AND. THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED THAT IT'S. NOT THE AIRCRAFT, IT'S THE OTHER. GUY WHO WAS IN THE COCKPIT WITH. ME. GRIFF: THE SUSPECTED ATTACKER,
HAMAN AL-HAMMAMI, WAS BORN IN. THE UAE WHO HAD WORKED AT. FLYDUBAI FOR EIGHT MONTHS, AND. HE WAS PREVIOUSLY BANNED FROM. FLYING IN HIS OWN COUNTRY OVER. CONCERNS ABOUT EXTREMIST VIEWS. HERE TO DISCUSS IT IS RETIRED. NAVY SEAL AND HOST OF THE. EVERYDAY WARRIOR PODCAST, MIKE. SARRAILLE. GOOD MORNING. THIS IS REALLY -- WE'RE LEARNING. TROUBLING THINGS ABOUT WHAT. HAPPENED ON THAT FLYDUBAI. INCIDENT. WHAT'S YOUR READ ON THIS? >> YEAH. JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE THAT THE.
WAR ON TERRORISM IS NOT OVER, IT. JUST EVOLVESES. YOU KNOW, GUYS, WE'VE BECOME. VERY GOOD AT TAKING OUT TERROR. CELLS OR NETWORKS, BUT THIS IS. AN IDEOLOGY THAT WILL FIND NEW. VULNERABILITIES, AND THIS IS. JUST ONE. WHAT I THINK IS EXTREMELY. TROUBLING HERE IS THAT, YOU. KNOW, OUR AVIATION SECURITY HAS. BECOME SO GOOD, IT'S TURNED THE. AIRPLANE INTO A FORTRESS. WE'VE KEPT TERRORISTS OFF THE. PLANE. WHAT'S TROUBLING IS THAT THIS. WAS IN THE COCKPIT, AND IT WAS A. MAJOR VETTING AND. INTELLIGENCE-SHARING FAILURE FOR.
WHICH UAE, SAUDI ARABIA, ISRAEL. AND AMERICA ARE WORKING TOGETHER. TO GET TO THE ROOT CAUSE. BUT THIS IDEOLOGY IS CONCERNING. THEY'LL FIND NEW WAYS TO HIT US. I THINK WHAT I ALSO WANT TO. ADHERE IS THAT I THINK THIS. ARAB-ISRAELI NORMALIZATION WAS. ALSO A VICTIM HERE OR THE. INTENDED TARGET. THIS IS SCARY FOR IRAN. THIS IS SCARY FOR TERRORIST. ORGANIZATIONS. SEEING THAT THE ARAB WORLD IS. NORMALIZING RELATIONS WITH. ISRAEL. IT MEANS A SMALLER WORLD FOR.
THEM TO OPERATE. SO WE'RE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS, AND AS WE MAKE PROGRESS IN. BRINGING PEACE TO THE MIDDLE. EAST, YOU CAN EXPECT THAT. TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS ARE. GOING TO FIND WAYS TO STRIKE US. GRIFF: IT'S REMARKABLE THAT. THESE TWO PILOTS THAT WERE OFF. DUTY WERE ABLE THE GET INTO THE. COCKPIT BECAUSE NORMALLY THEY'RE. SO FORTIFIED. BUT YET THEY WERE ABLE TO GET IN. THERE AND TAKE OVER AND, OBVIOUSLY, SAVE EVERYONE ON THAT. PLANE. TO WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT THAG.
AT THAT AND SORT OF THE WAY THAT. COCKPITS ARE NOT ONLY CUT OFF, BUT ALSO COULD NEED ACCESS IF, GOD FORBID, THIS HAPPENS? >> IT'S A GREAT POINT. IF THE BRAVE ACTIONS OF THIS. PILOT DID NOT HAPPEN TO OPEN. THAT COCKPIT AND RELY ON HIS. FELLOW MAN TO FLOOD THE COCKPIT. AND SUBDUE THE THREAT, THIS. WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY DIFFERENT. OUTCOME. BUT YOU DO HAVE TO APPLAUD NOT. ONLY THE PILOT, BUT THESE GOOD, NORMAL CITIZENS FOR DOING. EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED THEM TO DO. IN THE VERY EARLY MOMENTS OF THE.
TERRORIST ATTACK, IS TO FIGHT. BACK. BUT YOU BRING UP A GREAT. QUESTION. THERE HAS TO BE A SECONDARY. ACCESS TO COCKPITS IF WE RUN. INTO A SCENARIO, AND THOSE. CONVERSATIONS ARE GOING THE TAKE. PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE. NOT A WAY AROUND THIS. VULNERABILITY. GRIFF: MIKE, I'VE GOT TO GET. THIS IN BECAUSE YOU HAVE A A NEW. SPECIAL ON FOX NATION CALLED MAN. OF HONOR. IT'S STREAMING RIGHT NOW ON FOX. NATION. YOU CAN SEE IT. AND IT IS ABOUT THE HEROISM OF. NAVY SEAL MICHAEL MONOSORRY. HERE IS A PROMO.
>> DELTA PLATOON WAS EVENTUALLY. MOMOVED OUT TO THE OUTSKIRTS OF. THE DISTRICT, AND WE WERE. ASSIGNED TO THE FIRST OF THE. 506. >> SEALS ARE ALSO USED TO BEING. THE MAIN ELEMENT, MEANING. EVERYONE ELSE IS IN SUPPORT OF. US. THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT WAS IN. RAMADI. WE WERE A SUPPORTING ELEMENT TO. THE ARMY AND MARINE CORPS. GRIFF: MICHAEL MONSOOR'S ACT OF. VALOR HAS BECOME ONE OF THE. DEFINING MOMENTS FOR THE MODERN. ARMED FORCES, I THINK. TELL US ABOUT WHO HE WAS AND.
WHAT HE DID, MIKE. >> YEAH. THIS IS A SPECIAL MAN. GRIFF, I KNOW THIS HITS YOU AS. WELL SPENDING A LOT OF TIME IN. IRAQ. BUT I WAS ONE OF THE THREE MEN. HE SAVED BY LEAPING ON THAT. GRENADE. ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING THINGS. I'VE EVER SEEN, SELFLESS. AND I THINK THAT'S THE MESSAGE. OF THIS. ONE, THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL PIECE. PUT TOGETHER BY FOX NATION FOR A. GREAT MAN. AND MUCH LIKE THESE CITIZENS ON. THE FLYDUBAI FLIGHT, WE NEED.
MORE SELFLESSNESS AMONGST OUR. POPULACE. WE NEED TO BE THERE FOR ONE. ANOTHER. AND HE WAS THE DEFINITION OF. HEROISM IN THE FACE OF FEAR. AND, YOU KNOW, H HE DECIDED THAT. THE LIVES OF THIS THREE OF --. THE THREE OF US WERE MORE. IMPORTANT THAN THE FEAR HE FELT. IN THOSE MOMENTS, BUT HE DID NOT. HESITATE. AND 20 YEARS LATER I THINK THE. ONLY THING THAT HAS CHANGED IS. WE'RE OLDER. THE GRATITUDE IS AS FRESH TODAY. AS IT WAS ON THAT DAY. SO IS THE GRIEF, THE GUILT AND.
THE SHAME. HE HAS FOREVER TOUCHED MY LIFE. THERE ISN'T A DAY THAT GOES BY. THAT I DON'T THANK HIM, I DON'T. PRAY TO HIM AND I ASK THE. QUESTION IF I'M LIVING IN A WAY. THAT HONORS HIS MEMORY. AND THIS ALLOWED US TO REUNITE. WITH THE FAMILY. AND, GRIFF, I'VE GOT TO ADD. THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS AN. IMPORTANT POINT. YOU KNOW, WE STOPPED, DOUG, BENNY AND MYSELF STOPPED. CONTACTING THE FAMILY BECAUSE WE. FELT THAT EVERY TIME WE. CONTACTED THEM, WE WERE RIPPING. OFF THE BAND-AID AND REMINDING. THEM OF THEIR LOSS. THEY CARRY THAT GRIEF FORWARD.
EVEVERY SINGLE DAY LIKE THE REST. OF US, AND IT BROUGHT US BACK. TOGETHER. AND WE REALIZED BAD ASSUMPTIONS. THEY DIDN'T REACH OUT TO US. BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE A. BURDEN. FEW FOR ALL AMERICANS, IF YOU. KNOW A GOLD STAR FAMILY, REACH. OUT TO THEM. IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'VE FORGOTTEN. THEY CARRY THAT GRIEF, AND WE. NEED TO LET HEM KNOW WE NEVER. FORGET. GRIFF: IT'S SUCH A GREAT POINT, MIKE, AND VERY IMPORTANT. "M.
