Four Canadian soldiers died and eight others were wounded by American friendly fire during a training exercise in April south of Kandahar. An American F-16 fighter accidentally bombed the Canadians during a night-time, live-fire training exercise. Canadian Press reporter Stephen Thorne was in Afghanistan at the time of the accident.

Date: 2002-04-18
Placeline: KANDAHAR, Afghanistan.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 14 seconds

Transcript Prediction: << the American soldiers seem to be almost as in shock as the Canadians one of them said to me it's a sad sad day and as I sit here talking to you there's a Canadian soldier sitting in the chair of a 30 feet away crying >>

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