Today we talked about what happened in black hawk down. In Somalia there were a lot of drug lords and the US were dropping supplies into a town but the drug Cartel and leaders were stealing the goods away from the public. So the US sent about 15 to 20 black hawks (assault helicopters) into Somalia. So Micheal's helicopter was the second helicopter to get shot down, and they crash land in the middle of the city Mogadishu. 3 of the 6 on the helicopter instantly. So Micheal ended up becoming a prisoner of war. On the 9th day he was asked to make a P.O.W. video. a few days later after the people holding him were threatened, he was released and was sent back to the US. He was in the hospital for two months and the army 'took his wings' basically saying he was done flying a black hawk. And he didn't want to stop so he trained to run a 10 K and he ran well enough that he trained more and he was able to get back his wings. Micheal now makes around 300 speeches a year and he has 4 kids, one of them now wants to be a pilot for a black hawk.
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