Mike Durant
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Does it matter at this point?
Do you want to put him in an uncomfortable situation?
I can explain why I think they made their call from my perspective.
It's triage.
I mean, now you got four fights.
You had three.
Now you got four.
And the only operators left on a bird are Randy and Gary.
Do you want to put him at an isolated crash site
where they're surrounded, or do you want to use them over here where the bulk of your force is?
It's a command decision.
I'm never going to second guess it.
Would I have made the same one?
I can't say.
But that's my explanation for why they made that decision.
They didn't think it was possible to save us.
And they were right, if you think about it.
I mean, they were right.
But Gary and Randy don't take no for an answer.
They continue to orbit.