However, if you backtrack to the point of why I did this, I did this in accordance with the rules of engagement and the command-control structure that I was working under.

They didn't want to fix the problem. They wanted to fix the blame,

You're going to put America's command-and-control structure on trial? ... It's not going to happen.

The bottom line is I pushed the button,

I think I'm a victim of the fact that it was an international accident,

My situation is not unique as far as the accident is concerned, ... The circumstances are what's unique, and that's what ended up burying me. They didn't want to fix the problem. They wanted to fix the blame.

On a hot summer day, the varnish from the pews would end up on your shirt. We decided that if the church wasn't going to repaint and renovate itself, we would do it for the church.