Charlie Company “Quick Reaction Force” (QRF) sets out to rescure the embattled Rangers, stopping at the airport to assemble a ground convoy. En route, QRF column in ambushed at the K-4 Circle. The lightly armed soldiers retreat to the airport under heavy grenade fire.
U.S. commanders persuade gun-shy Pakistani and Malay officers, who have tanks and armored vehicles, to organize a rescue mission. After 4 1/2 hours of deliberations, 400 troops depart from New Port.
The rescue convoy arrives at the crash site two hours later to help surviving Rangers suppress Somali gunfire.
