"I needed to just sit there and mentally process everything," he says of his 30-day stay in a hotel room. "My parents came down and visited for like a couple days because they were like oh you got a hotel in the beach like we're gonna drive down and you know enjoy a couple days I was like yeahYeah come on down so they were down there for the last few days as well which was great to be able to do that." He adds, "I honestly couldn't tell you on a piece of paper what exactly I did for that month but I can tell you I sat there and stare at the ocean and just in the quiet".
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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