Mike Durant
👤 PersonAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I, I,
I had an uncle, and I have a couple friends that call me on the day I got released anniversary, not the day I got captured, to say happy birthday.
Because in their mind, my second life begins then.
And I know how lucky I am.
I am lucky.
So I'm from New Hampshire.
I grew up in a pretty small town.
It was a paper mill town.
Blue-collar folks, you know, just...
Obviously for me, it's normal, right?
It's like the way everybody else grew up, but it's probably not normal.
I have great memories of it.
You don't know what you don't know.
To you, this is the same life that every other kid is experiencing.
And I had great opportunities.
And when I think about it, all the things we did, I mean, we went hunting.
We spent a lot of time camping in the summer.
I played hockey.
I played football.
I've had a very brief and horrible career as a baseball player.