This ESPN Sports Century biography on Pat Tillman is divided into six parts. I think this aired in 2005. For updated information, read “Boots on the Ground by Dusk: My Tribute to Pat Tillman” by Mary Tillman http://www.amazon.com/Boots-Ground-Dusk-Tribute-Tillman/dp/1594868808 and “Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman” by Jon Krakauer http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385522266/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=1594868808&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1R1ZC333SDPTXNBP09RW
Video Transcript
on april thirtieth of two thousand four
eight days after pat someone was killedthe army announced that his deafness
caused by enemy fire posthumouslypromoted him specialist to corporalbut i witness testimony taken earlier
contradicted what the public was toldapril twenty six four days after the
incident you already had takenfourteen sworn witness statements from
rangers and report to him about what hadhappenedthose witness statements made plain that
pattormentor died by friendly firethe statements included the eyewitness
account of the racial closest to him inthe last minutes of his lifehe hadsection of public presencehe hadall the makings of a heroit is probably sell attemptuse that story in a way and sayhe died her relatively headquarters sirwith distinctioncourage he did not requireand just wish they could handleto fashionunfortunately the way they did people
themselves the army of delegations whonot telling the truth and that's very
unfortunateit's unfortunate spell is always such a
straight shooter with everythingthat his country to be the same for himon may twenty ninthfive weeks after he was killedthe army confirmed tillman staff as the
probable result of friendly firemerits almond told me that as time went
on and she learned more and more shesaid aboutthe negligence that had contributed to
cut stuffalso learn more about how the army
manage the caseshe said she became angrier and angrymissus truman approached me abouttruman chapterof till nowwe went toa series of questions and thensimply laterseries of questions pavement with mesecretarymentioned general seven two different
occasionsconsecutivelysecurely and he said he was reopeninvestigationshortly after the investigation was
reopenedstory in the washington post described
in vivid detail the circumstances ofsomeone's deaththe newspaper concluded that the two
groups serial one and cereal toohad lost communicationand it's a real true and fired
indiscriminately towards the area wherepat tillman unit had taken positionpat tillman kepthis arms and shoutingcattlemencease-fire friendlies friendliesrangers unit at the airport that was
mistakenly firing on path towardsposition said laterthat while he salsa mwaveit was notthe kind of waving the conformed withrange for signal or friendly cease-firebut it was a more desperate informal way
they did so heinterpreted as assigned to stoppat came up with an idea which was to
detonate a smokerhoping thathis comrades with recognize the smoke as
issuing from our for minority grenade sohe detonated the grenadeand after he did so the firing subsidedranger that was nearest pat told
investigators that after that had thespots suddenly a second barrage came inms granger died on the ground record pat
tillmanbehind behind a rock touting cease-fire
friendly sampat frig until novemberafter a while pat stopped talkinghe noticed applaudflowing from the positionwhere he had left patthings were silent for walking caught up
walked over and sawpat what's goneaccording to the army seven persons were
disappointedone was a member of someone's book sooni have two and a half of the army
pointing out that there are manycircumstances which are never really
totallyaccurately describe because of the fact
that things are happening very quicklyin a combat situationintensity orparts of the story that we're certainly
not a clear and may never be totallyclearfact of warit's nothing you can go to stopfeaturing fort nestle trains all of
those trying tokids that from happeningt communicationsheated battle drills and so forthstream it happenedclingy humor any sort of out thereto mehow he livedwasmost important thinghow he dieddidn't matterthere's no way etc i would never accept
us giving up on lifethere's not a chancespats glass wasn't half-empty was even
if that happenedpat's flaps was filled to the remittance
overflowing with lifeparents will worrychairs a foundation established in
someone's nameits missionto carry forward pass like a cby inspiring in supporting other
striving to promote positive change inthemselvesand the world around themeverything that has happenedsince pads on insteadpadma creechat the coverage he's gotpat would cream cheese how he's been
placed on a pedestal even though mostpeople like us realized yet he does
deserve the space on a pedestalit makes the differencewhen someone well known to the public
diesthe white house said today that he will
be remembered as a man who put asidecelebrityaccelerant personifiedthe best values of americaabove the national football leagueamerica'swe did something for pat we had never
doneplayer approach for a week official and
that is we have every player and onlyon the second week of the seasonwhere at the calendar back this album
number fourteenfax numberi know that i would like to thank all of
its beenand the people of arizona promising for
the citizens around the yearit really helps us to know andthat his spirit is very very live on and
all of themhehepat was again in the fields it's a flag
because that's a few minutesis the type that appeal to the
intellectual becausehe was thereis a typist feel for the free spiritbecause he was definitely thatclose tofive to tenevery once in awhile you come across
personwho seems to have it allbegins at homewhen you get a pat on thembetween the north when he hasand sometimes you don't receive themwhile they're therebut they have a lasting impression on
you that just never goes away
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The Oversight Committee holds a hearing, "The Tillman Fratricide: What the Leadership of the Defense Department Knew." The hearing is part of an ongoing investigation and follows a previous hearing held in April. Witnesses will include former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Former Commander of U.S. Central Command Gen. John P. Abizaid (Retired), Former Chair of Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers (Retired), Former Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command Gen. Bryan Douglas Brown (Retired). Gen. Kensinger has been served with a subpoena, but has not been able to be located over the past several days and will not appear. Rep. Carolyn Maloney questions witnesses.
Pat Tillman was a professional football player with the Arizona Cardinals.
In response to the September 11, 2001 incident, he passed up a $3.6 million contract and joined the Army. His sacrifice became made him a symbol of patriotism and a poster child for Army recruiters.
Pat Tillman came to his senses and turned against the wars. Through friends and family, he made contact with anti-war icon Noam Chomsky.
Perhaps Tillman was ready to make a public statement of opposition to the wars, which would have been a public relations catastrophe for the Army. We will never know. Perhaps the Army knew he was going to go public with a statement of opposition. We will never know.
Pat Tillman took three bullets through the head on April 22, 2004. He was shot at close range by his own men while on paatrol in Afghanistan.
A massive coverup followed, in which the public was told that Tillman had been killed by hostile fire. He was awarded the Silver star. The conspiracy to deceive Tillman's grieving family and the public went to the highest levels of the Army, and centered on one Lt. General Stanley McChrystal.
Eventually, the fraud was exposed, and a half-hearted congressional investigation followed.
Pat Tillman is still dead. His mother, Mary Tillman, still grieves. Lt. General Stanley McChrystal was promoted to supreme commander of the Afghan theater.
Tillman Military Scholars Richard Garcia and Melissa Stroh. Highlights from the 6th annual Pat's Run held Saturday, April 17, 2010 at ASU's Sun Devil Stadium.
Feature and coverage courtesy of Fox Sports Arizona.
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform holds a hearing entitled "Misleading Information from the Battlefield." The hearing focuses on the death of Army Ranger Specialist Patrick Tillman in Afghanistan and the capture and rescue of Army Private Jessica Lynch in Iraq. The Committee examines why inaccurate accounts of these two incidents were disseminated, the sources and motivations for the accounts, and whether the appropriate Administration officials have been held accountable. Rep. Elijah Cummings questions Specialist Patrick Tillman's brother Kevin Tillman about communications inside the White House related to his brother.
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