Abingdon, Kentucky
Where the road began.
“Go out and survive, or die trying.”
Brady Diggs grew up in Abingdon, Kentucky, where coal-country grit and hard work were a way of life. His father spent years deep in the coal mines before moving above ground to work for a hydraulics component manufacturer.
Brady respected the mining life and the people who lived it. His father wanted him to find his own road. When graduation came, his advice was plain: “You’ve got two choices… go out and survive, or die trying.”
Brady took him at his word.


