Mike Durant is a real-life military pilot and a key figure in the movie Black Hawk Down. Ridley Scott's 2002 war movie tells the harrowing story of the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, which was a two-day fight between American forces and the Somali National Alliance (SNA). The initial purpose behind the mission was to apprehend the top lieutenant of SNA leader, Mohammed Farah Aidid. However, the simple mission turned into a disaster when two American Black Hawk helicopters were shot down by SNA forces, leading to a desperate rescue mission for the crew and stranded soldiers. Mike Durant was the pilot of one of those helicopters and was taken hostage after the crash.

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