More than ten guys, thats an army navy seal was one of those fallen heros in operation red wings. His widow is now sharing her story in the book. Its called a beautiful tragedy that author and gold star widow joins me now share. Thank you. So much for being here, even the title is jarring. A beautiful tragedy. Talk to me about your husband, talk to me about this book good morning. Pete. Thank you for having me and thank you for your service PETE. I appreciate it. I was a 29 year old, happily married wife to Jacques and in the blink of an eye I became a 29 year old widow, just kind of destroyed my whole life, my future, the thoughts and hopes of being a mom everything was gone in the blink of an eye.

The book pretty much talks about the life I had the loss. I went through the grief, the struggles I went through with my faith, just myself as a person, and then you know picking myself back up and allowing myself to be happy and move forward in my life and find happiness again, PETE Char. How do you do that? I have had the unfortunate pleasure of knowing so many amazing gold, star wives and mothers, people that have made it through this in your case, to leave such a sacrifice on the altar of freedom and come through it. What did you cling to? I clung to my faith, a lot, even though in the beginning I was very angry and turned my back on God for quite a while. I believe that that, along with my friends and family and now my current husband are what really brought me through it and then just to honor Jacques. I felt the West way to do that was

to continue living and to be the person that he knew me to be PETE Boy thats, so right its. What he would want, too, is that full life. Well, a pretty cool thing about this book is that Marcus, Luttrell Navy Seal, a lot of people know him actually wrote. The forward to the book here is a portion of what he wrote. Jacques was on the bird that came to get my teammates and I out of the Hornets nest. He was and will always be remembered as a warrior, who never quit my admiration for char and all of the families who lost their loved ones. That horrific day will never cease. When you reflect on the appreciation people have for your late husband and then in writing this book, what do you hope people take away? I hope that they realize that they are not alone. I hope that they remember those who have fallen and the families that were left behind, and I hope that it gives them some feeling of pride in our

country and for our military members, and I also hope that it gives a little clarity to the friends and family of those who are watching their loved one, go through the grief process and give them a little insight into what the struggles that we face. Pete Char, you are making sure Jacques is not forgotten. A beautiful tragedy is the name of the book. Thank you so much for sharing his story, your story and good.