mike durant's death: a stupid rumor?

[Sirpad]

i was on vacation for a while, and someone told me mike durant volunteered to fly in iraq and got shot down. it sounds like a big pile of BS to me, and i just ask you guys to assure it realy is. can anyone comment?

[SeanAshi]

Iranian pow's claimed that there was a pilot who fit Mike Durants description in one of Saddams prisons.

[obd]

Uhh I think you are confusing Mike Durant with that Fa-18 pilot Scott Spicher who was shot down in Gulf War 1 dude........Mike Durant is, or was, a Blackhawk pilot who was shot down in Somalia. I seriously doubt Mike Durant was killed in Iraq or we wouldnt be hearing it from you....we would be hearing it all over the news. Mike's a pretty famous guy thanks to the movie and book "Blackhawk Down" and such............

[MARINO]

Im sible Durant have a problem on his leg and he is retired from years.

[hood]

Yeah I remember hearing in his last book tour session that he was retired, and ultimately had to wait until he did that before he could write the book.

[George W. Bush]

Mike Durant is retired, dude.

[Javehn]

Mike Durant retired from the service . You talking about a Medical Helicopter shot down near Follujah on 8th Jan , with Warrant officer pilot Aaron Weaver . Aaron Weaver (RIP) served as Army ranger , and participated in Mogadishu battle in 1993 . Then he became a pilot of Kiowa heli , and shot down while on medavec mission on Iraq , with 9 other cruemen .

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3920150/

[cold0]

Anyway Weaver was a tough soldier; he becama a ranger in the early '90, survived the battle of Moga, became a heli pilot and went to fight in Iraq while fighting testicular cancer!

RIP :(

[NcDeuce]

The last time I saw CWO [RET] Michael Durant was on post for an autograph session not too long ago. He recently visited the area again but I couldn't go. He was then and is now...retired. He works for an aviation research company in Alabama? The one that researches and helps with the 160th's development, no?