The mission — which would eventually become known as the Battle of Mogadishu or the Black Hawk Down incident — was expected to take no longer than an hour, according to Smithsonian Magazine.

This series is the story of American soldiers who were trapped in Mogadishu in 1993 when their mission unexpectedly spiraled out of control. As the battle progressed, a terrifying reality emerged.

Following his award-winning film "Black Hawk Down," Ridley Scott’s new Netflix docuseries revisits the Battle of Mogadishu with firsthand accounts from those who lived it. Here’s what happened.

Ahmed always carried his camera, knowing that in Mogadishu anything could happen at any moment. He instinctively began ...

Netflix's latest documentary series, "Surviving Black Hawk Down," offers a fresh perspective on the infamous 1993 Battle of Mogadishu. Directed by Jack ...

The 2001 war film Black Hawk Down brought the deadly events of 1993’s Battle of Mogadishu to the big screen. The Academy Award-winning film, which was directed by Ridley Scott and based on a ...

The footage shot by Ahmed Mohamed Hassan was the first the world saw of the battle in Mogadishu He did not know it on that quiet Sunday morning, but prominent cameraman Ahmed Mohamed Hassan ...

The new three-part series Surviving Black Hawk Down, produced by Scott’s own production company Ridley Scott Associates and directed by Jack MacInnes, revisits the Battle of Mogadishu through a ...