Mike Durant

And right about that time, Randy and Gary show up.

Now, what happened that I am oblivious to is...

they kept orbiting and they kept seeing the movement and they insisted and as i understand it on the third request they were speaking directly to either colonel harrell or general garrison and said look if you don't let us in they're closing in and we're going to lose them all and

I think it's General Garrison.

I think he said, you know what you're asking me?

And they said, yes, we understand.

And he said, put them in.

And so Jimmy Cohn and Mike Cofino, who are flying this aircraft, Super 6-2, put them in.

And they are put in behind me, so I don't see the aircraft.

And I don't hear them until all of a sudden they're right there.

And I'm like, holy shit, how did you get here?

You know, like, this is unbelievable.

I knew Gary, not well, not a personal friend, but he'd been on my bird.

I recognized him and I'm like, damn, freaking rescue force.

God bless you, you know.

But we didn't talk.

This is just happening in my head.

And they lifted me up, set me on the ground.

How you lift a guy up.

I probably weighed 185 at the time, with a broken femur and a broken back and not further injure him is beyond me in the middle of a firefight.