Snyder wasn’t the biggest person or fastest swimmer, but his tenacity made up for it. ::At first, Snyder couldn’t figure out Rich Cardillo. “I’m feeling like I’m just watching this dope Brad Snyder walk into this crazy life and I’m just watching and laughing along with everybody else. Snyder waited for his father or grandfather — both deceased — to appear and show him the way into in the next life. “I’m dead.” The thought settled on Brad Snyder in the middle of a cloud of dust and smoke raised by the blast of a homemade land mine.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 23, 2016 16:00 UTC