The USS Cole: Looking Back on the Attack

On Oct. 12, 2000, a small picket boat filled with hidden explosives approached the side of the USS Cole while it was refueling in Yemen’s Aden harbor and exploded. The blast by suicide bombers caused a gaping 40-foot hole in the destroyer’s hull in the area of the mess hall, where sailors were standing in the chow line.
“I finished what I was doing on the computer and as I stood up I got knocked down as the steel deck literally rippled beneath my feet,” reflected Christina Huber, the command career counselor of the Cole. “It felt like we got rammed in the back of the ship.”
The explosion killed 17 US Navy sailors and injured hundreds more. Rescue and recovery efforts began immediately, as well as an investigation into who was responsible for the terrorist attack.
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[@mysterymayhem7020]

If we actually did something after the Cole was attacked we could have prevented 9/11 from ever occurring.

[@z0phi3l]

Right, our response was weak, Clinton and Albright likely knew who was potentially responsible and dd nothing, emboldening the terrorists and we get 9/11 And for the clueless, these events never happen in a void, they probe defenses looking for weal points, also remember the towers had been attacked before, all leading up to the big attack

[@shahahahshshz]

yep

[@craftpaint1644]

The government has been saying they'll stop terrorists since the airline hijackings in the 70s and 80s.

[@fuzzyhead878]

I actually saw Cole in Norfolk a few years after the attack. My dad and I were on a tour of the harbor. It was kind of surreal. They had done a really good job repairing her, and I couldn’t tell that she had been bombed just a few years earlier. God bless our sailors!

[@rileymatthews2471]

The voice over guy did a great job!!

[@MikeKincaid79]

I was on the Abraham Lincoln when the Cole was attacked. We were in the Gulf and had just pulled out of port in Jebel Ali on the 8th of October. That was a pretty intense time. We all thought war was imminent and tensions were high on our ship. Rest in peace to the 17 sailors who lost their lives.

[@stefanschleps8758]

Are you still pissed off like hell over this?! I am!

[@dwjunior]

Hell yes I’m still pissed off!

[@galexymitzelplik9560]

Anger is blinding.

[@damienreilly8061]

Rest in peace brothers and sisters 🇺🇲

[@shannonpace9433]

I worked at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula Mississippi as a Sheetmetal mechanic and intake specialist. I helped build that ship. A lot of work I did was destroyed and I took it personal. I was standing on the fantail of another DDG seen on the left hand side as they're bringing it in the shipyard. I didn't get to work on the repair as I was already in the middle of my job on the other ship. Over my career at Ingalls, I helped build DDG'S, CG'S, and LHD'S. I am proud to have been a part of giving the US Navy the means of protecting our freedom. Our motto at Ingalls was, We are building freedom one day at a time. RIP to the Sailors that made the ultimate sacrifice. Their deaths were not in vain. This incident has forever changed Navy policy and training for new recruits. Godspeed USN!

[@BruceMusto]

Thanks for the look back. Would like to recommend possibly doing one on the USS Stark FFG 31 and the crews efforts to save her after she was struck by Iraqi missiles.

[@starkparker16]

My DCA was on the Stark. He had to stay in a tiny boiling hot space for over 24 hours without relief while he sprayed a bulkhead with a firehose almost continuously to keep the fire from spreading. I think every damaged boat has many sailors with that kind of harrowing tale.

[@dwjunior]

I’m absolutely amazed everyday that man has built such massive machines and vehicles such as a ship that can haul, in this case the USS Cole. A ship large enough and unique enough to load another vessel and transport it all the way home for repair.. just amazing!

[@archeryelkhunter]

My Dad worked on this ship in Pascagoula when it came in!

[@J.Tronix]

Amazing how it blew a 40 foot hole in the middle and still stayed afloat.

[@andrethompson2034]

Watertight compartments

[@J.Tronix]

@@andrethompson2034 hey now

[@andrethompson2034]

@J Tronix I served on board the USS JACK WILLIAMS FFG 24, the USS Cole was our sister ship which was commissioned a year or so after us.

[@J.Tronix]

@@andrethompson2034 wasn’t questioning your credentials brother. Was saying “hey now” like the old Howard stern used to do. Cause…. “Water…tight”….o.0

[@andrethompson2034]

@J Tronix I didn't take it in a negative way at all, I was just sharing info from my experience. It's all good my friend 😎

[@jonathanwelter]

May God continue to be with them, their families, and their shipmates.

[@fuzzyhead878]

Amen.

[@patartheconsumerofpizzarol806]

Amen

[@wtfbrb]

This pisses me off, as well as the USS Liberty attack.

[@12gauge1oz]

Never forget.

[@bosoxbandit]

Fantastic narration

[@HistoryOfRevolutions]

The American Tyrants got what they deserved. Alhamdulilah. May Allah bless the brave Yemeni Martyrs.

[@charlesgillette2925]

We need to always remember.

[@zSliz1]

they got blasted by god

[@williamstocker584]

Does not exist

[@lucasmcculley4928]

​@@williamstocker584 prove it

[@hallarenra]

Great video and narration

[@micmac1121]

The USS Cole is in port Memorial Day 2023 in NYC. 👍🙏🌆🌆

[@dwjunior]

May God’s Light shine upon all our soldiers and Allies who have paid the ultimate sacrifice whether in wartime or peace. May they rest in peace. We will never forget. ✝️

[@privatedeletebuttongooglei5221]

I guess she is DOCKED WHERE SHE LIVES 10 BLOCKS FROM JULIAN STREET

[@Torontotootwo]

I'll never understand the need for dramatic music while the witnesses try to talk!

[@ethansehodges2656]

Davis Christopher Anderson Sarah Davis Scott

[@claverhouse1]

Next do a video remembering the terrorist attack on USS Liberty, 34 killed and 171 wounded.

[@JannyBesmircher]

I 1000% agree

[@subninja8069]

Am guessing after this i was in 7th grade when this happened. So, am guessing this is why we gone into iraq.

[@BRADLEY856]

Mike R went there with Team 3 to secure etc I believe

[@privatedeletebuttongooglei5221]

San diego california 2011 January.

[@roywilliams9089]

I was friends with Palmer when she was stationed on the Truman 😢

[@privatedeletebuttongooglei5221]

With the dole banana ship breakdown there too.

[@mikehoffman3690]

🇺🇸

[@sapprdaddy]

🫡

[@quintononezine548]

Rip to all those who lost their life on the uss cole

[@privatedeletebuttongooglei5221]

I think I wanted to be a sailor

[@Ron-t8l]

NTC/RTC Orlando 1991

[@lesterlagsa2842]

update on the Uss Cole DDG67 ship if she is still active in the service of the United States Navy this year 2023 or retired after the attack happened on October 12. 2000 that killed 17 Sailors and injured many others

[@andrethompson2034]

This was the sister ship to the USS Jack Williams FFG 24 which I was aboard. The first time I seen this ship was in Mayport FL naval base which was our home port.

[@chrislugo5838]

:40 Mike Tyson 😂

[@bishophawk5523]

Time to remember

[@markbrucker7022]

I was in Great Lakes, half way through basic training on that day.

[@9thGenerationCajun]

I seen it when it came back to the states at the repair yard in Mississippi.

[@Ian1975ish]

I'm a Brit, ex army, living in a South Yorkshire town (now city). The street that I was living in at the time they arrested a lad who did the reconnaissance for the attack. Nothing happened to him. Same lad, everytime I came back from ops would try his best to ask me about it ! To the extent I reported him. Still nothing happened! Brilliant. He said sarcastically.

[@Ian1975ish]

@@AirplaneDoctor_ why the flock would I want to make that up? He's called David Heaton, now Daoud or something like that. Raised in Saudi. Not a lie.

[@Ian1975ish]

@@AirplaneDoctor_ am not getting into a bun fight. I reported him to the head of security at my camp. What they did I don't know.

[@MrPapageorgio]

Remember USS Liberty.

[@pyeitme508]

Ok

[@lesterlagsa2842]

Did you know who attacked the Destroyer Ship Uss Cole? do you know who was responsible for the attack that damaged the warship and killed many crew members

[@jamespicking1140]

Rashim nashiri.

[@lesterlagsa2842]

@@jamespicking1140 what

[@BaffinSailor]

Navy divers 🤦🏼‍♂️ only if you know some same with SEALS EOD… Otherwise get to the BM locker. You want to know why there is a shortage of SOF forces look no further than the goat locker.

[@sashadala346]

A False Flag Event: the Cole was Hit by an Israel Cruise Missile.

[@shannonpace9433]

No it wasn't

[@sashadala346]

@@shannonpace9433 Yes. For the answer, look Behind the News.

[@williamstocker584]

Stop doing drugs

[@sashadala346]

@@williamstocker584 You First!!

[@trevorn9381]

Yep, and as soon as the FBI team figured out that the explosives could have only come from one of two countries (the US or Israel) they were quickly ordered out of Yemen by the US ambassador.

[@followme8238]

The FBI has an important role, but I want to see a new agency, the Federal Bureau of Prevention (FBP) to stop this stuff from happening

[@Soonerfrk11]

That’s literally what the FBI already does😂