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Now here is one way to define patriotism, dedication, duty, and love of Country...
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http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=4926440 §ion=news
Ex-Football Star Killed in Afghanistan
By Charles Aldinger
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. professional football star Pat Tillman, who gave up a $3.6 million sports contract to join the military's elite special forces, has been killed in Afghanistan, U.S. officials said on Friday.
The officials, who asked not to be identified, said Tillman was killed on Thursday in an intense firefight in southeastern Afghanistan as his Army Ranger unit hunted for al Qaeda and Taliban guerrillas.
The 27-year-old soldier, who quit his National Football League career to fanfare in May of 2002, eight months after the Sept. 11 attacks on America, was the most prominent American public figure killed in fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Pentagon and the Army, in keeping with a law passed by Congress that forbids the military from identifying casualties until 24 hours after their deaths, refused comment on the report. But the White House said Tillman's family was in the prayers of President Bush.
"Pat Tillman was an inspiration on and off the football field, as with all who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the war on terror. His family is in the thoughts and prayers of President and Mrs. Bush," said a White House spokesman, Taylor Gross.
Enlisting with his brother, Kevin, in the wake of the 2001 attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center, Tillman turned down a $3.6 million contract from the Arizona Cardinals to become an Army Ranger for an annual salary of $18,000.
The 5-foot-11, 200-pound Tillman played for four seasons with the Cardinals, from 1998 to 2001.
Not much more I can say...
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=4926440 §ion=news
Ex-Football Star Killed in Afghanistan
By Charles Aldinger
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. professional football star Pat Tillman, who gave up a $3.6 million sports contract to join the military's elite special forces, has been killed in Afghanistan, U.S. officials said on Friday.
The officials, who asked not to be identified, said Tillman was killed on Thursday in an intense firefight in southeastern Afghanistan as his Army Ranger unit hunted for al Qaeda and Taliban guerrillas.
The 27-year-old soldier, who quit his National Football League career to fanfare in May of 2002, eight months after the Sept. 11 attacks on America, was the most prominent American public figure killed in fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Pentagon and the Army, in keeping with a law passed by Congress that forbids the military from identifying casualties until 24 hours after their deaths, refused comment on the report. But the White House said Tillman's family was in the prayers of President Bush.
"Pat Tillman was an inspiration on and off the football field, as with all who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the war on terror. His family is in the thoughts and prayers of President and Mrs. Bush," said a White House spokesman, Taylor Gross.
Enlisting with his brother, Kevin, in the wake of the 2001 attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center, Tillman turned down a $3.6 million contract from the Arizona Cardinals to become an Army Ranger for an annual salary of $18,000.
The 5-foot-11, 200-pound Tillman played for four seasons with the Cardinals, from 1998 to 2001.
