Blackhawk Crash Survivor Turned Shooting Pro Saves Veteran Lives with Trevor Baucom | Mike Drop 216

About this video

Trevor Baucom, a Blackhawk crash survivor, describes how he was invited to shoot competitively for Smith & Wesson in 2010 as part of an effort to engage disabled veterans. Baucom recounts his own struggles with isolation and drinking after his injury, and explains how competitive shooting helped him recover. He founded the nonprofit Adaptive Defense to run shooting events for people with disabilities, aiming to get them off the couch, build community, and potentially prevent suicide among veterans.

Key takeaways

• Baucom describes how after his injury, isolation led him into a destructive pattern of day drinking that competitive shooting helped break.
• Baucom founded Adaptive Defense to run shooting events for people with disabilities, now in its sixth year at Sig Academy, with plans to expand to Texas.
• Baucom states his goal is to engage people with disabilities in the firearms community to help prevent isolation and suicide among veterans.
• Baucom recounts learning to ask for help after his injury, advice he received from a fellow quadriplegic veteran about accepting assistance to preserve his remaining physical capability.

Episode details: published December 3, 2024 · 2.5K views · 11:14 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Stories told by Mike Ritland’s podcast guests are the guests’ own accounts, attributed to them — not independently verified. Commentary is Ritland’s, presented as his analysis.

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