Mike Durant

I just couldn't imagine it.

So initially, they're going to beat me to death.

So when I first told this story, I said I got butt-stroked.

and it broke my nose, my cheekbone, and my eye socket.

If I had you put your finger and run your finger along the bottom part of my eye socket, you'll hit a spot where it goes up about a quarter of an inch because this whole part of my face got smashed in.

What I was surprised no one ever questioned me on, though, is if you butt stroke somebody that hard with a rifle butt, that's going to leave a mark, the shape of that butt.

Well, if you look at my interrogation video, there is no mark like that.

Why did I say that?

Because I guess in some respects, I'm a protector.

If I had to describe myself, I'm a problem solver.

I don't have a lot of patience for incompetence and dishonesty, and I'm a protector.

I didn't want the families to know what happened.

Somehow in my naive mind, they wouldn't know.

No one would tell them.

And that would be better for them.

What I didn't know is bodies are about to be dragged through the streets.

Body parts are about to be turned over to the compound in bags.

I didn't know any of that.

But what they hit me with, I believe, was someone's arm because it was heavy and soft.

And when it obviously had enough weight that when it hit my face, it smashed the bones in my face, but it was soft enough that it didn't create a bruise.