Lost Navy SEAL was ultrarunner, 'very good dude'

By William Cole

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 27, 2013

~~<p>A friend of Navy SEAL Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Matthew John Leathers, who was lost at sea during swim training off Kaena Point last week, said he was a "super-nice guy" who would give others the shirt off his back.</p>
<p>"He was a very good dude, and he would do anything for anybody," said Brody Dorton, a Navy diver who practiced ultrarunning with the 33-year-old Leathers.</p>
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A friend of Navy SEAL Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Matthew John Leathers, who was lost at sea during swim training off Kaena Point last week, said he was a "super-nice guy" who would give others the shirt off his back.

"He was a very good dude, and he would do anything for anybody," said Brody Dorton, a Navy diver who practiced ultrarunning with the 33-year-old Leathers. Login for more...