 In the extended edition, the "ambush" scene following the death of Thomas. In  the original edited version of the film we soon observe the infamous  Tavington interviewing a dying witness of the event in a battlefield tent  hospital. It is in this scene that the witness compares who we know as  Benjamin Martin to a ghost. The problem is, as far as we knew, there were no  survivors. We had to accept at face value that perhaps one must have escaped.  In this version of the film we now know the facts! You see, after Martin does  his bloody hack job on a would