Delta Force Operator, Radisson Blu Rescue Mission, & Near-Fatal Overdose

Kyle Morgan credits Christ for saving his life multiple times.

This week Chad welcomed Kyle Morgan, a name you may recognize from his heroic efforts during a terrorist attack at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Mali, Africa in 2015.

"I got the call from someone in the State Department about an ongoing attack."

Kyle received reports of an American trapped inside a conference room in the hotel. He was without his team, and recruited other embassy personnel to carry out a rescue operation even against the advice of other embassy employees.

The terrorists had set fire to the room and Kyle breached without knowing what was on the other side."I kicked them [the doors] in and there was so much smoke you couldn't see your hand in front of your face... It was like being in a cloud that you can't breath in... I was able to get in a little further and get him out... and he was hanging on by a thread."

After saving multiple Americans and dozens of lives, Kyle was choking up as he reflected on the experience. "This world needs protectors. But we need to learn how to protect ourselves first."

Without giving too much away, Kyle encountered two of the terrorists in the stairwell, fought through close quarters gunfire and multiple grenade blasts. “I could not make sense of why I’m still here. Because I stared down the muzzle and he cracked that first round off but it didn’t hit me… But I believe God’s hand was on me. And it always has been… That exposed me in a way, physically, mentally, and spiritually.”

Kyle credits Christ in bringing him back to health after such a traumatic experience."A year after I got sober is when I asked Jesus to be my Lord and savior."

Kyle was saved not only from the PTSD he suffered after the attack, but also what otherwise would have been a life of destructive substance abuse. "Some of us need rescuing from ourselves. And I was one of them. Salvation is free but sobriety is not."

Kyle joined the Army infantry when he was a senior in high school, heeding the call to action three months after 9/11. He became a special operator before serving an embassy security role when the terrorists attacked the Radisson hotel in 2015.

"Blessed are the peacemakers, man. I'm capable of extreme violence but I choose peace. And there's a difference between harmless and peaceful."

Now that Kyle has been walking the straight and narrow path laid out by God, he has reinvented his identity as a successful entrepreneur and a family man. "I don't need to say, 'hey I'm Kyle and I'm an alcoholic.' I'm a follower of Christ first."

Today, Kyle is the CEO at Blue Bearing Solutions, a company that trains the protector mindset to active duty servicemen and women, law enforcement, and citizens around the country. The name of the company comes from the “Blu” hotel where Kyle stared death in the face, and also the path or “bearing” through which Kyle was saved. "The bearing I see in the light from God."

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