Mike Durant
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Podcast Appearances
Again, I don't know why.
I don't know what affected me.
I mean, I was still capable.
I just didn't put the work in.
I mean, I would just go to school and do the minimum.
We had divisions at the time, A division, B division, C division.
I was in A division, but just barely because I just wasn't putting the work in.
I didn't want to go to college.
because I just didn't like school that much.
And I didn't want to work in the mill, which is the main employer in the town I grew up in is a paper mill.
Not there anymore.
Thank you, unions.
But I knew I didn't want to work there.
And what else could I do?
And then this guy, who was a neighbor of ours and a place we went camping,
He was an Army helicopter pilot, warrant officer.
He also is in the Guard, though.
And he had his own business where he owned a few airplanes and a couple helicopters.
And I think I'm 14 at the time.
And he asks if I'd like to work with him one summer.