Alan C. Mack

Never forgave me.

Oh.

And so after that, she was addicted to prescription opioids.

you know, pink methadone was her, her thing.

And then that wasn't enough.

So she augmented it with alcohol and this is all, you know, taking place over years, you know, but it's, it's slowly getting worse.

I had ups and downs and I'm still deploying and coming home and deploying and coming home.

And even when you come home, you're not really home.

you're out in what we call the environments training.

You're out on the Atlantic landing on ships.

You're in the mountains of Colorado getting good there.

You're flying in the cities in LA, New York.

So you're always gone anyway, you know?

And so she, you know, good example when people thank me for my service, it feels a little odd because I feel like I don't really deserve that.

Thanks.

Cause I did it cause I wanted to.

the families kind of got dragged into it.

They had a vote to an extent, but they're the ones that really need the thanks.

No, but okay.

So there are different threats to an aircraft.