Coleman Ruiz
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It was memorial at the theater, memorial at the people's house.
And our neighbor across the street in Virginia Beach, she lost her husband in 07.
So one house over.
So she was best friends with us.
And so you are trying to live two lives.
You have this military life with all these consequences where every bone in your body is telling you to
Go full Spartan.
Like, no, not that the Spartans didn't have families because they did.
Whatever.
Nothing else.
Like, just cut off every other thing in your life completely.
You have to go do this and you have to do it full on because clearly all bets are off.
Like, we're barely making it through.
We're losing our best guys.
And how the fuck do I survive at this pace?
And so...
Because we're all in the same community in Virginia Beach, you're around it all the time when you're home.
And you should be because you're supporting your teammates' families, and that's important.
But it was just – it's almost like a dream.
When I think about it now, how do –