Erik Holt

My bud Dan was like, did you guys see like the plane hit in New York or whatever?

And we were kind of talking about it.

We went to first period when the second plane hit.

Yeah.

You know, however, that time frame works in New York to California.

Yeah.

So it was seven, seven thirty in the morning when the second plane hit.

Right.

And so we just sat there and watched it all day.

And I literally, like, the recruiters, of course, were at the school the next day.

So I met him and delayed entry, all that stuff.

What did you think it was going to be versus what it was?

Um, you know, I think I was naive, man.

I just wanted to serve.

Um, I didn't know about a lot of options.

I would have loved to go like a track like you did.

Yeah.

Obviously that's very extreme, but like in the, I love the army.

So if I would have gone SF or something, I would have, I think loved that, but I just sort of putzed along.

I wasn't nobody special, you know, went in, did my, um, AIT, went, went to fire school, had a blast.