Christian Craighead
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Sep 28, 2026
JayPANELIST
Well, and it's like, I mean, with anything else that normally the military and law enforcement don't give a fuck about publicity.
JayPANELIST
They're literally like, even in the UK, like, like Christian Craighead, for example, his story would boost recruitment.
TylerHOST
Yeah.
JayPANELIST
Boost fucking like the image of the British army.
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TylerHOST
I totally forgot what it was.
TylerHOST
Never mind.
JayPANELIST
I have got a bit of Christian Craighead news.
TylerHOST
Oh, Chad said, donut saved, Tesla glazed.
Shawn RyanHOST
But this is what I used to carry in my pocket.
Shawn RyanHOST
I gave one to Christian Craighead.
Shawn RyanHOST
I gave one to Jim Caviezel.
Shawn RyanHOST
I've given one to a ton of people and, um, gave one to my dad.
9 MINS LATER
Shawn RyanHOST
These two are kind of sentimental.
Shawn RyanHOST
I don't bring these two with me because I'm scared to death that I'm gonna lose them.
Shawn RyanHOST
Uh, but Christian Craighead, my friend Christian Craighead, uh, many of you know who he is by now.
Shawn RyanHOST
Obi-Wan Nairobi, we just had him on the podcast and, uh, got his firsthand account of what that entire event was like.
DomHOST
He popped up on YouTube.
DomHOST
And it was a guy called Christian Craighead, the XSAS guy.
DomHOST
And he's known as Obi-Wan Nairobi.
DomHOST
About
JayPANELIST
This is a good one, man.
TylerHOST
Christian Craighead.
TylerHOST
the only dude in the soft community that I feel acts like a fucking real, just humble dude who did the most unhumble thing in the entire world.
TylerHOST
Like that's a true fucking, I was, I almost said true American, but what, tell us about him, Jay.
JayPANELIST
Well, the full on fucking full mass in this pirate ship with a black flag on the end.
JayPANELIST
Yeah.
JayPANELIST
But yeah, a little bit about Christian Craighead.
JayPANELIST
He joined the British Army at 16.
Christian CraigheadGUEST
So then I'm off and cross the threshold into the, the complex.
Michael BlevinsHOST
When Christian Craighead asked me to help him tell his story, I told him flat out to find a bigger platform.
Michael BlevinsHOST
I'm not an interviewer, and his story was too important for my general rambling.
Michael BlevinsHOST
He insisted, and by the end of this introduction, I think you'll understand why.
Michael BlevinsHOST
Christian is a former SAS operator who, in January of 2019, while on assignment in Nairobi, Kenya, intervened in a complex terrorist attack on the DusitD2 hotel.
Michael BlevinsHOST
More than 700 people made it out alive that day because of him.
Michael BlevinsHOST
News of the lone hero spread fast through international media, and then something stranger happened.
Michael BlevinsHOST
In the weeks that followed, his actions, his involvement, even his name began to recede from the coverage.
Christian CraigheadGUEST
bang on the door and say security forces outside i'm armed and i'm coming in then i kick the door make entry lots of blood and go everywhere straight away decision point now
Michael BlevinsHOST
This is part two of my conversation with Christian Craighead.
Michael BlevinsHOST
Part one ended at the threshold of 14 Riverside Drive.
Michael BlevinsHOST
This one ends on the sixth floor of the hotel with grenades coming down the stairs and automatic machine gun fire.
Michael BlevinsHOST
It's a point in the story where you can hear what true influence does.
Michael BlevinsHOST
She is a beacon of hope in a life full of uncertainty and violence.
Michael BlevinsHOST
So without further delay, part two of my conversation with Christian Craighead.
Christian CraigheadGUEST
pretty much everything
David BurnellHOST
The man who went in.
David BurnellHOST
Christian Craighead, Nairobi, and what courage looks like.
David BurnellHOST
After the training is over...
David BurnellHOST
The David Burnell Podcast.
David BurnellHOST
And then there are moments when courage arrives as a telephone call on an otherwise ordinary afternoon.
David BurnellHOST
January 15, 2019 began that way for a British soldier in Nairobi, Kenya.
David BurnellHOST
His name, at least the name by which the world would come to know him, was Christian Craighead.
David BurnellHOST
He had spent virtually his entire adult life preparing for dangerous places.
Dan ReehilHOST
It is also the birthday of my amazing guest today.
Dan ReehilHOST
This is Christian Craighead.
Dan ReehilHOST
Hello, Christian.
Dan ReehilHOST
Hello, Father.
Glenn AdamsHOST
... terrorist attack solo and takes them down.
Glenn AdamsHOST
There are two men that have done that, Christian Craighead and Kyle Morgan.
Glenn AdamsHOST
Both extremely interesting stories.
Glenn AdamsHOST
Would highly encourage you to check it out.
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Three forces that collided in an extraordinary episode of The Sean Ryan Show.
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Sean sat down with Christian Craighead, the former British SAS operator who became known worldwide for his actions during the Nairobi-Ducet D-2 attack.
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and with a survivor whose life was forever changed by those actions.
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And what makes this conversation so compelling is how they revisit not just the day itself, but the fear, the rescue, and this strange sense that events were unfolding under something larger than chance.