Mike Durant

You don't sustain injuries like that and then be overrun and beaten and not be in shock.

You know, he said, your brain's probably not processing everything

like you normally would.

And I said, you know, Doc, you're probably right.

I never really thought of it that way, but you're probably right.

So anyway, the Somali claims he fired shots in the air, got the crowd to back off, and said, you know, we're taking you into captivity, and we're going to turn you over to a deed.

Well, before they did, the only identifying thing— They told you that?

No.

No.

Mark Bowden told me that.

No, or who they are.

I mean, I know they're pissed off, out of control Somalis.

Some, obviously, civilians.

Some, I mean, they didn't wear uniforms like a traditional military person would.

But, I mean, you could tell they're...

you know, SNA, Somali National Alliance people, the way just AK-47, kind of militaristic looking.

So the only identifying things I carried

had a green piece of cardboard that got us into the task force ranger compound because it's secure you know and we have access points and we would leave like to go run pt we would run around the airfield i mean we carried our mp5s you know we had them slung on our backs when we'd run but the airfield i think it was like maybe six miles around and we were actually training to go do the marine corps marathon again and

Another thing that I think helped me survive this is I was in pretty damn good shape.

I mean, we were training to go run a marathon the following month.