Mike Durant

I remember distinctly looking down and seeing myself being carried through the streets.

And the pain went away.

I mean, it was like, wow.

That, thank God that's not me, you know?

Because that looks like that really sucks.

And it only lasted a few seconds.

And then bam, it is me.

And that, the scientific explanation being your brain has a lot of capabilities that you'll never use.

And one of them is it can trick itself if it's dealing with significant trauma.

and try to figure out a way to tell you it's not real.

That's the scientific explanation.

The spiritual explanation is I'm about to die and God sent you back.

Don't know.

I know I got a lot of people pulling for me that are up there.

My grandmother in particular.

And you can't say no to her.

So I'm back in the moment and they're carrying me through the streets and then they throw me on the ground and I'm trying to get sorted out.

Just a bizarre little trivial thing.

My desert tan flight suit is a two-piece, which looks kind of like BDUs, not a traditional Air Force-looking flight suit.

And it's got really long pockets.