"I spent several weeks decompressing from shell shock after the incident on the plane which is like you basically like woke up in a flashback scenario I knew I would have some demons to purge my sleep was fitful," he says. "It wasn't until a couple of years later that really a lot of that stuff really mess with me andYeah it had a lot of issues with like yeah just depression and and all this different stuff that we just come out of nowhere" He's still constantly going back to conflict zones, but now runs a humanitarian aid group called strong home rescue and relief.
Ephraim Mattos is the founder of Stronghold Rescue & Relief, a non-profit organization that protects and cares for families in conflict zones.
He is a former Navy SEAL, and the author of “City of Death: Humanitarian Warriors in the Battle of Mosul”.
You can support Stronghold’s mission at www.strongholdrescue.org .
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