Still not understanding how 30 (according to Clinton) or 37 (according to the Reuters article/Libyan official) CIA/state department personnel walked out of a safe house with their injured, under fire and were able to get to the airport. These would be eye witnesses to the whole thing.
The attack on the Libyan consulate, as it happened10:15-10:45 p.m.: The attackers enter the compound and begin firing into the main building, setting it on fire. Mission security and Libyan guards respond.
10:45 p.m.: U.S. security personnel try to take back the main building, but they come under heavy fire and return to the mission annex, where 25 to 30 people are holed up.
11:20 p.m.: U.S. and Libyan security personnel again try to take back the main building, this time successfully. They evacuate the rest of the personnel.
12 midnight: The mission annex comes under fire, which continues for about two hours. Two Americans are killed, (former SEALs) and two others are wounded.
3 a.m. Wednesday (9 p.m. ET Tuesday): The fighting is over, and U.S. and Libyan security forces regain control of the compound.