A baby was born in 1948,
Quantico, Virginia, United States.

When he was 9 years old,
he watched the Navy Blue Angels'
flying performance in the sky.

He had this thought
while watching the scene

Whoa!

That scene never
left his mind. Forever.

The Vietnam War occurred in 1955. 
The United States decided to get
involved in the Vietnam conflict in 1965.

Then, in 1971, this young man
decided to enlist in the Air Force.

In Vietnam, he was involved in the
CIA's Air Force support operations.
He flew a plane called T-28 Trojan
a total of 212 times.

However, in 1974, the plane he was
flying was subjected to a rifle attack.

He crash-landed
in an unknown jungle.

Special Forces rescued him, and he
was transported to Okinawa, Japan 

Nevertheless, he suffered severe burns
all over his body, left arm, and face.
After being transported to Texas,
he underwent 15 surgeries in a year.

"God, please let me die. I can't do this.
You picked the wrong guy.
I am not strong enough.
I'd have nothing to fight with you.
It hurts too bad.
I don't want to wake up each morning.”

He was in extreme pain....

However, one day,
while lying in bed, he heard the
sound of children playing soccer.

And on the radio,
a song began to play.
It was a song about hope.

And then, the rainbow appeared
above the heads of the children
playing soccer.

Having returned, he continued
flying thereafter.

I will fly on

In 1990, he volunteered to pilot
the world's fastest aircraft called
Blackbird, the SR-71. Over the next
four years, he flew this aircraft for
approximately 2000 hours.

This plane flew at such high
altitudes that pilots had to wear
space suits to board it.

This plane flew at such incredible
speed that even missiles couldn't
catch up to it (three times the speed of sound).

In a word, it was not an easy plane
for even normal people to board.

Now, he became the fastest pilot in the world.

The fastest man on Earth,
Brian Shul, passed away
at the age of 75 on May 20, 2023.

During a lecture at the Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory in
California in 2016, he said,

"Don't call me a hero.
I don't deserve to be a hero.
I am only a survivor."

Through hope, resilience and perseverance,
he overcame life's challenges


He was the one who taught us
the meaning of life obtained through survival


can be greater than being called hero
So he was the true survivor,
the fastest survivor.





Rest in peace Brian Shirley.