"It was perfectly clear to me that we'd been hit because of the violence of that impact... The American airman rescued from Iran after his aircraft was shot down in April shared for the first time details about the risky recovery operation during a “60 Minutes” interview Sunday. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• "It was perfectly clear to me that we'd been hit because of the violence of that impact... The best way I've been able to describe that moment was: getting hit by a freight train," said 'Bravo.'S1

• The American airman rescued from Iran after his aircraft was shot down in April shared for the first time details about the risky recovery operation during a “60 Minutes” interview Sunday. “Bravo,” the airman’s mission call sign used during the broadcast to sh...S2