Wounded Marines relive the harrowing Kabul airport attack in explosive new Fox Nation documentary

Five years after the deadly explosion at Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan, Fox Nation takes an exclusive look at the harrowing incident and the ramifications it had on the U.S. military and American foreign policy.

"Ambush at Abbey Gate: The Afghanistan Withdrawal," a new 40-minute documentary, aims to uncover the mistakes made that led to the suicide bombing at Abbey Gate, a major entrance to Hamid Karzai International Airport .

Retired U.S.

Marine Corps Sgt.

Tyler Vargas-Andrews, who lost his right and left leg in the explosion, spoke out about the terrifying experience with the show's host, Joey Jones.

GOLD STAR FATHER SAYS PRIOR AFGHANISTAN REVIEW SMELLED 'LIKE A COVER-UP' AS NEW LOOK EXAMINES MILLIONS OF DOCS "Staff Sergeant Darren 'Taylor' Hoover was killed next to me," he said.

"My whole abdomen, you know, had been ripped open.

I took 150 ball bearings into my body, lost my left kidney.

I lost 157 centimeters, large and small intestine." Retired U.S.

Marine Corps Cpl.

Kelsee Lainhart was also hurt in the surprise attack, describing the ordeal as damaging several different parts of her body.

DOLLY PARTON'S ‘ALL-AMERICAN HEART’: HOW COUNTRY ICON FORGED SPECIAL BOND WITH US MILITARY "Different shrapnel and ball bearings hit me in the blast," she said.

"I have a ball bearing in my skull, a few other parts of my body, and then the shrapnel hit my vertebrae." The incident killed 11 Marines, one sailor and one soldier on that fateful day in August 2021.

Among the dead were 45 injured American service members, many with severe injuries.