{"id":2251878,"date":"2024-05-24T05:29:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T09:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/triple-7-film-goes-inside-special-operations-veterans-skydiving-feat-to-forever-honor-those-who-gave-everything\/"},"modified":"2024-05-24T05:33:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T09:33:41","slug":"triple-7-film-goes-inside-special-operations-veterans-skydiving-feat-to-forever-honor-those-who-gave-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/triple-7-film-goes-inside-special-operations-veterans-skydiving-feat-to-forever-honor-those-who-gave-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"Triple 7 film captures special operations veterans&#8217; skydiving tribute to honor fallen heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftriple-7-film-goes-inside-special-operations-veterans-skydiving-feat-to-forever-honor-those-who-gave-everything%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2251878&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The extraordinary\u200d journey of retired Navy SEAL \u200cMike Sarraille\u200c and his team of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/six-american-special-ops-vets-take-up-zelenskyys-offer-to-join-new-unit-of-foreign-fighters-for-ukraine\/\" title=\"Six American Special Ops Vets Take Up Zelenskyy's Offer to Join New Unit of Foreign Fighters for Ukraine\">special operations veterans<\/a>, \u200cknown as\u2064 the\u200c &#8220;Triple 7&#8221; challenge, involved completing \u2064seven skydiving jumps on\u2063 seven continents in just seven days. Their mission was \u200ca heartfelt tribute to \u2062fallen comrades, setting multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-times-transgender-athletes-dominated-womens-sports\/\" title=\"5 Times Transgender Athletes Dominated Women\u2019s Sports\">world records<\/a> and culminating in an emotional\u200d finale to honor American heroes lost in Kabul. The remarkable feat\u2062 was captured in the documentary film &#8220;Triple 7: \u200bThey Said It Couldn&#8217;t \u200dBe Done&#8221; by director Dan\u200c Myrick.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Retired <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/navy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Navy SEAL\">Navy SEAL<\/a> Mike Sarraille woke up on Jan. 9, 2023, in Antarctica, ready to embark on the first of seven skydiving jumps that were deemed skydiving\u2019s most elusive feat, the \u201cTriple 7\u201d \u2014 seven skydives on seven continents in seven days.<\/p>\n<p>For Sarraille and his team of nine former United States and Canadian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/special-forces\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"special operations\">special operations<\/a> service members, achieving such a feat would be their way of honoring their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/military\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"fallen brothers\">fallen brothers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we say the words, especially with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/memorial-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Memorial Day\">Memorial Day<\/a>, \u2018Never forget and to forever honor those who gave everything,\u2019 never forget the example that these men and women set. And \u2018forever honor,\u2019 forever honor means living our lives to the fullest,\u201d Sarraille said.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Retired Navy SEAL Mike Sarraille led the team of former special operations service members who achieved skydiving\u2019s most elusive feat \u2014 the \u201cTriple 7,\u201d seven skydives on seven continents in seven days. (Photo provided by Legacy Expeditions)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maricopa-county-board-issues-defiant-response-to-audit-subpoenas\/\" title=\"Maricopa County Board issues defiant response to audit subpoenas\">team completed<\/a> the seven jumps in six days, six hours, and six minutes, setting four world records in the process.<\/p>\n<p>The jumps took the team from Antarctica to Chile, Miami, Spain, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and Australia. Each of the jumps paid tribute to Michael Monsoor, David McDowell, Robert Ramirez, Marc Lee, Dave Hall, Lou Langlais, and Matthew Abbate.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<p data-video_id=\"a0qP9_KE4Pk\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Triple 7 - In Theaters May 2024\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a0qP9_KE4Pk?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Monsoor, a SEAL, jumped on a grenade 3 feet from Sarraille, saving his life and others around them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomething like that just, you can\u2019t erase it from your memory. It\u2019s seared in your mind. He\u2019s never far from me,\u201d Sarraille said.<\/p>\n<p>The skydiving venture ended with an additional celebratory jump in Tampa, Florida, in honor of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/successful-failure-biden-takes-credit-blames-trump-for-afghanistan\/\" title=\"Successful Failure: Biden Takes Credit, Blames Trump for Afghanistan\">13 service members lost<\/a> at Kabul Airport during the withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>A team of former special operations service members completed seven skydives on seven continents, one of which was over pyramids in Cairo, Egypt, in seven days. (Photo provided by Legacy Expeditions)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe world records mean nothing to us,\u201d Sarraille said. \u201cLife is about faith, relationships, character, and integrity. What these men and women found is the one thing for which you\u2019re willing to give everything. \u2026 It was for America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The skydiving venture was documented in the new film <em><a href=\"https:\/\/legacyexpeditions.com\/expedition\/triple7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Triple 7: They Said it Couldn\u2019t be Done\">Triple 7: They Said It Couldn\u2019t Be Done<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The film was directed and produced by Dan Myrick, known for <em>The Blair Witch Project<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Seven fingers commemorated the seventh jump on seven continents in seven days as the team of former special operations service members completed its skydiving expedition in Perth, Australia. (Photo provided by Legacy Expeditions)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt was an opportunity for me to get into this very elite world, this very closed, kind of mysterious world, and sort of demystify a little bit about what these guys are about because Hollywood has the tendency to stereotype them and portray them either as broken soldiers or \u2018Rambo\u2019 types,\u201d Myrick said. \u201cI realized that they are these really super cool guys. They\u2019re creative and empathetic, very smart, intelligent \u2014 emotionally intelligent \u2014 guys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t forget these individuals that gave up everything for us to do what we do,\u201d Myrick added.<\/p>\n<p>As the team completed the final jump, they briefly considered their accomplishments.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>The \u201cTriple 7\u201d skydiving team consisted of nine former special operations service members who sought to honor their fellow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-andrew-cuomo-calls-to-remember-essential-workers-on-memorial-day-weekend\/\" title=\"Gov. Andrew Cuomo calls to remember essential workers on Memorial Day weekend\">fallen service members<\/a>. (Photo provided by Legacy Expeditions)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe did something that people said, \u2018It couldn\u2019t be done.\u2019 We proved them wrong, but guys like Mikey [Monsoor] and all the ones we\u2019ve lost are never far from my mind. They gave their today and every one of their tomorrows,\u201d Sarraille said. \u201cThis is also for the military families. They pay a cost, especially when a loved one doesn\u2019t come home. Military families are the unsung heroes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The film has <a href=\"https:\/\/legacyexpeditions.com\/expedition\/triple7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"raised $2 million\">raised $2 million<\/a> of its $7 million goal for Folds of Honor, which provides scholarships to the spouses and children of America\u2019s fallen service members or disabled veterans. <\/p>\n<p>The \u201cTriple 7\u201d team consisted of the following special operations service members: Sarraille, Andy Stumpf, Fred Williams, Mike Barker, Glenn Cowan, Nick Kush, Logan Stark, Jariko Denman, and Jim Wigginton.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retired Navy SEAL Mike Sarraille began the &#8220;Triple 7&#8221; challenge in Antarctica on Jan. 9, 2023. This daring endeavor involved seven skydiving jumps on seven continents in just seven days. Sarraille and his elite team of special ops veterans set out to conquer this extraordinary and elusive feat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2689,"featured_media":2251879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/T7-Australia-American-Flag-1024x768.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2251878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/T7-Australia-American-Flag-1024x768.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2689"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2251878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2251878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2251879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2251878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2251878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2251878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}