9 11 changed the course of my life on out of tragedy came this desire to serve our country so um that was not a natural thing right like we're definitely going to war what should I do as part of that. Eventually enlisted in October of 2003 and went through the CIA hiring process until he got his shot at being an agent for the U.S. government. "I don't ever want to forget how kind of terrifying that was you know but ultimately what mattered the most was the voice inside my head"