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Marcus Luttrell, a retired Navy SEAL whose survival story inspired the box-office hit "Lone Survivor," will meet with Alabama's players Friday on the eve of the Crimson Tide's showdown with No. 1 Mississippi State.
Luttrell is also speaking Friday at Tuscaloosa's Bama Theatre as part of his "Patriot Tour." Alabama coach Nick Saban confirmed Luttrell would meet with the team during his weekly radio show Thursday.
In June 2005, Luttrell was one of four Navy SEALs caught up in a gun fight with Taliban forces in Eastern Afghanistan. He was the only survivor. A helicopter consisting of 16 SEALs dispatched to rescue the group was also shot down.