On August 7, 1998, the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, was ripped apart by a terrorist bombing that changed lives forever. In this episode of the Post One Podcast, Marine Security Guard Cody McCabe walks us minute-by-minute through that day—what felt off the night before, the moment the blast woke him, and the chaos that followed as Marines scaled gates, entered a burning compound, and worked to secure the embassy with limited gear and no clear picture of the threat.

Cody’s account goes beyond headlines and history books. He describes the sounds, the confusion, the split-second decisions, and the emotional weight of being responsible for lives amid destruction. This is a raw, ground-level perspective of one of the earliest attacks in what would become the global war on terror—and a powerful reminder of what Marine Security Guards are trained to do when everything goes wrong.