"I realized that I hadn't mentally prepared myself and that this was sort of taking me by surprise," he said. "It's okay to be heartbroken at the at the side of a little girl injured um, and I think I think part of it too." He added: 'You're you're no good to anybody if you don't get yourself under control'
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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