Aaron Futrell.
The boom of a cannon fired by Civil War enactors on the far side of a local craft fair last month sent retired Ohio National Guard Staff Sgt. Aaron Futrell back four years to Iraq, where an Iranian ballistic missile landed 100 yards from his bunker.
“It’s directly [related] to the missile strike because your body is just instantly transported back there,” he told the Daily Beast on Monday. “It’s like, ‘Okay, I’m not safe anymore. We’re gonna die. Get ready to fight for your life or get ready to hide.’”
The 42-year-old father of three was overpowered by a rush of adrenaline.
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