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Saving Jessica Lynch
Saving Jessica Lynch is a 2003 American television film that aired on NBC and featured Canadian actress Laura Regan in the title role. The film begins with the ambush of Jessica Lynch's convoy in the middle of an Iraqi city and follows a version of events that credits an Iraqi citizen, Mohammed Odeh al-Rehaief, with being responsible for helping to arrange a daring rescue by US special operations forces.
Inaccuracies.
Although the film was based on a true story, most of the circumstances of the
always loved myths created of rescuing "damsels in distress". Faludi talks about Jessica Lynch's story of being a prisoner of war. Lynch was originally portrayed in the media as a tough girl, but the media soon cast her as a "damsel in distress" who needed saving. Throughout history, a demand for the manly man was needed to convey the image that America could defend itself from any foreign entities. Faludi argues that the 9/11 attacks caused Americans to return to these myths that have been ingrained into our psyche