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00:00 as many as 33 American sailors were killed.
00:02 The ship and its survivors are still on their way
00:05 to Mediterranean ports.
00:06 NBC News correspondent Robert Garowski reports by satellite.
00:10 - This is the USS Liberty,
00:13 the Navy ship that was strafed and torpedoed Thursday
00:16 by Israeli patrol torpedo boats and Israeli war planes.
00:20 She's been steaming along at eight knots
00:26 since she was attacked
00:27 in the accidental episode of yesterday.
00:29 She has now been joined by the sixth fleet,
00:31 which has been steaming to her assistance.
00:34 All day today aboard the USS America,
00:37 helicopters have been taking off and landing
00:38 after bringing back some of the hundreds of men
00:40 who were injured in yesterday's attack.
00:44 The helicopters first took aboard the most severely wounded,
00:47 now taking aboard those who were able to walk aboard ship.
00:50 They will eventually be taking
00:51 to the European mainland for treatment.
00:53 It's near as impossible to assess the damage
00:59 to the Liberty.
01:00 She took one torpedo from the Israeli patrol torpedo boat.
01:04 ♪ When daylight pierced the vessel ♪
01:09 ♪ One cloud was in the sky ♪
01:16 ♪ I beheld the star of Ramphine ♪
01:25 ♪ With a million questions why ♪
01:30 ♪ And every hole that tore my soul that day ♪
01:37 ♪ I still carry them with me ♪
01:45 ♪ By sheer determination and God's grace ♪
01:54 ♪ I remain ♪
01:58 ♪ But if it helps you sleep ♪
02:03 ♪ You can picture me ♪
02:10 ♪ At the bottom of the sea ♪
02:16 ♪ Bottom of the sea ♪
02:19 ♪ And then I locked eyes with the pilot ♪
02:43 ♪ And I fisted to the air ♪
02:48 ♪ 'Cause I'd rather die in violence ♪
02:55 ♪ Than cower at your sneer ♪
03:02 ♪ And I've held these wounds for decades in my heart ♪
03:12 ♪ While you keep them in the dark ♪
03:17 ♪ You store up wrath that you cannot erase ♪
03:23 ♪ No, it remains ♪
03:29 ♪ But if it helps you sleep ♪
03:34 ♪ You can picture me ♪
03:40 ♪ Picture me ♪
03:44 ♪ At the bottom of the sea ♪
03:47 ♪ At the bottom of the sea ♪
04:02 ♪ Bottom of the sea ♪
04:05 ♪ On the sea ♪
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