MACDILL AFB, FL — At the edge of a grainy surveillance video taken last month of the main entrance of U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base, Maj. Eric Newburgh is just visible, running at a speed so incredible, it may just make him the fastest man alive.
Newburgh had not seen the video of his dash across the CENTCOM parking lot before being interviewed although he did recall the events.
“I had left my ID card in my computer and I had to go back to get it. Just as I shut my car door I heard the loud speaker click on so they could play Colors," Newburgh told reporters. "Here at MacDill they play that buglely part at the beginning and then The Star Spangled Banner. It goes on for like two minutes and it was hot. I figured I could just make it inside before the song started.”
