Had just opened/closed my first NYC show when my buddy Joe woke me up the morning of 9/11 and then left for work. We both tried to enlist, he got in and I did not. He deployed with the 82nd Airborne at Battle of Samawah and worked security in Mosul. I am eternally grateful both for his service and that I was not able to ship. Because we left a great many brave and wonderful people in those mountains and that desert. He bears a lot of scars and grapples with a great deal of trauma. Hope that you continue a journey towards healing and peace, thanks for sharing.