Former Marine Security Guard Daniel Briehl recounts his firsthand experience during the August 7, 1998 bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. He describes surviving the blast, falling down an elevator shaft, leaving the hospital, and hitchhiking back to the embassy to continue helping in the aftermath.

The episode captures the realities of pre-9/11 embassy security, the loss of a fellow Marine, and how the attack permanently shaped his understanding of duty and the Marine Security Guard mission.