Coleman Ruiz

And I got a phone call from a friend.

I was standing in my kitchen in Virginia Beach.

And it was like, like the whole scaffolding of the world was just gone.

Because at that age, and here I am, like, I'm some kid.

I was in my 30s.

But I'm thinking, you know, things get more and more serious as you go, like, at that time.

But when Doug was killed and I was at Paul Baroness' funeral and, you know, we came up to Annapolis.

He was living in Annapolis because he was working.

It's now been publicly released, which is nice for Pam because she can talk about it more.

He was working at the agency.

And...

When after his funeral and just the days around that, and then I go back to work, and what I mentioned earlier about Doug and what I knew about him just as an operator, he had been a company commander in Fallujah.

He was on the front page of the LA Times.

Like Tony Perry is a reporter in San Diego.

He was in Fallujah following Doug.

The guy was, and Doug is not like a public people.

People were just attracted to him to tell his story.

I have so many stories that I heard later from his bosses, his regimental commander, you know, told stories about his unit in Fallujah, his sergeant major and his amazing guy.

I've talked to him about like what went on in Fallujah.

Doug is just a fucking legend.