"I fit perfectly a foreign volunteer fighter who'd come to fight ISIS I fit the profile perfectly so they were coming to make sure that I wasn't ISIS," he said. "So this guy comes in to interrogate me and so I'm laying there prostrating this bed completely helpless my leg raised" He was able to provide him documentation who he was and whatnot, but eventually he just kind of set it aside after realizing his injuries weren't life-threatening.
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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