Posted on 04/23/2004 7:10:38 AM PDT by jtminton
Edited on 04/23/2004 7:24:22 AM PDT by Lead Moderator. [history]
Ex NFL Cardinal Pat Tillman has been killed in Afghanistan. Details unknown.
Amen. A true hero, one that our children can really look up to. God bless his family.
| Pat Tillman Update |
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| Posted by BroncosFan On News/Activism 12/23/2003 8:23:27 PM CST with 2 comments The Arizona Republic ^ | Kent Somers Tillman drops by to stay in touch Kent Somers The Arizona Republic Dec. 22, 2003 12:00 AM SEATTLE - As a U.S. Army Ranger, Pat Tillman probably is accustomed to stealth missions. He made another one this weekend, visiting his old team, the Cardinals, on their trip to Seattle. Tillman, a former Cardinals safety, is stationed at Ft. Lewis, about a 50-minute drive south of Seattle. So he, along with wife Marie, his brother Kevin, and a couple of friends visited the Cardinals on Saturday and Sunday. Kevin is also a Ranger. They stayed at the team hotel, watched the... |
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| (Former NFL Player/Current Army Ranger) Tillman drops by to stay in touch |
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| Posted by mark502inf On News/Activism 12/23/2003 8:15:22 AM CST with 14 comments The Arizona Republic ^ | Dec. 22, 2003 12:00 AM | Kent Somers SEATTLE - As a U.S. Army Ranger, Pat Tillman probably is accustomed to stealth missions. He made another one this weekend, visiting his old team, the Cardinals, on their trip to Seattle. Tillman, a former Cardinals safety, is stationed at Ft. Lewis, about a 50-minute drive south of Seattle. So he, along with wife Marie, his brother Kevin, and a couple of friends visited the Cardinals on Saturday and Sunday. Kevin is also a Ranger. They stayed at the team hotel, watched the game from owner Bill Bidwill's suite and met with players Sunday morning and after the game. Tillman... |
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| Tillman brothers back safely from overseas |
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| Posted by eeman On News/Activism 07/09/2003 11:50:55 PM CDT with 4 comments The Arizona Republic ^ | Jul. 8, 2003 | Tim Tyers Pat and Kevin Tillman have returned stateside from Operation Iraqi Freedom and have been selected by the Army to participate in a three-month-long elite Ranger training regimen. "The boys have been back for a couple of weeks now, and now they are stationed in the Tacoma, Washington, area," their father, Patrick Tillman Sr., said on Monday. "They are both healthy and fine, and we, of course, we are very relieved and very happy." Pat Tillman walked away from a three-year, $3.6 million contract with the Arizona Cardinals, and his brother Kevin gave up a minor league baseball career to enlist... |
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| Tillman and his brother served with elite rangers in Iraq Will Receive ESPY Courage Award |
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| Posted by LavaDog On News/Activism 07/02/2003 2:24:47 PM CDT with 13 comments Associated Press | July 1 2003 PHOENIX -- Former Arizona Cardinal Pat Tillman and his brother were selected to receive the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPY Awards ceremony this year. Pat and Kevin Tillman both enlisted in the U.S. Army and served with elite rangers in Iraq. Their father, Richard Tillman, was expected to accept the award on their behalf at the ESPY ceremony in Los Angeles on July 16. Pat Tillman played four seasons with the Cardinals as a safety before turning down a $3.6 million contract to join the Army in May 2002. He and Kevin, a former minor league baseball prospect... |
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| The Pat Tillman (little) effect |
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| Posted by dewee On News/Activism 04/21/2003 8:37:37 PM CDT with 3 comments espn.go.com ^ | Thursday, April 17 | By Greg Garber The Pat Tillman (little) effect ---------------------------------------- By Greg Garber ESPN.com While Pat Tillman's former Arizona Cardinals teammates sweat and grimace their way through an off-season conditioning program -- a heavy rotation of weight lifting and aerobic exercises -- Tillman faces the prospect of the ultimate sacrifice. A soldier from the 75th Ranger Regiment, possibly Pat Tillman, forges the way for U.S. ground troops to follow in southern Iraq. A member of the elite Army Rangers, Tillman presumably is on the ground somewhere in the splintered country of Iraq. Deployed in early March along with the rest of the 75th Ranger... |
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| The Pat Tillman (little) effect |
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| Posted by ilgipper On News/Activism 04/20/2003 12:15:41 PM CDT with 18 comments ESPN ^ | 4/17/03 | Greg Garber The Pat Tillman (little) effect By Greg Garber ESPN.com While Pat Tillman's former Arizona Cardinals teammates sweat and grimace their way through an off-season conditioning program -- a heavy rotation of weight lifting and aerobic exercises -- Tillman faces the prospect of the ultimate sacrifice. A member of the elite Army Rangers, Tillman presumably is on the ground somewhere in the splintered country of Iraq. Deployed in early March along with the rest of the 75th Ranger Regiment, he and his comrades are working to liberate Iraq from the grip of Saddam Hussein. Tillman, at 26 years old, left a... |
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| Ranger Pat Tillman [Former NFL Safety-Ariz. Cards] May be En Route to Iraq.. (Hello Baghdad) |
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| Posted by ewing On News/Activism 03/23/2003 12:29:06 PM CST with 12 comments Florida Sun Sentinel ^ | March 21, 2003 SGT | Sam Farmer Less than a year after giving up a lucrative National Football League career to serve his country former Arizona Cardinal safety Pat Tillman has become an Army Ranger and has been deployed, presumably to the Middle East.Tillman and his brother Kevin, a former Cleveland Indians minor league baseball player, are now a part of the 75th Ranger Regiment, consisting three battalions and 2,300 men.The Tillmans had been stationed in Fort Lewis Washington but were deplyed in the past two weeks. |
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SUA SPONTE! .... RLTW!! .... ATW!!!
Just when you thought there were no more tears....
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