Former NFL Player Killed in Afghanstan

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This just in on ESPN;

Former Arizona Cardinal; Pat Tillman was killed while serving 3 years in The Military. He turned down a $1 million dollar contract with the team to serve in the Military in 2001 after the 9/11 attacks. Tillman was 27 years old.
 
I give him so much credit for leaving his football career to fight for our country after 9/11. While I never heard of him before today, I definitely consider him a true hero!! May he rest in peace!

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JOEDOCPA said:
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how many more of our heros do we have to lose 🙁 we should get out before we lose more.
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thats a very good question Joe, if only the Prez could see it.....i want my sweetie to come home
 
I was so amazed when I read this yesterday on CNN and last night when I saw it on the news. What a tragedy! I cannot even fathom how someone could be so dedicated to their country to give up millions of dollars, and the life of a professional athlete to serve their country. He sounded like an amazing individual, and a very rare breed of person. I know, I would never have the courage to even do something like that and I dont think many people could actually say that they would either. God Bless his soul, and God Bless his family for losing such a special person. He is a true American Hero.
 
From sports talk-show host Jim Rome, posted Friday evening on Rome's official site:

"Devastating story in Afghanistan where former NFL player Pat Tillman has been killed during a firefight. Tillman, of course, gave up a lucrative contract with the Arizona Cardinals to join the Army Rangers, along with his younger brother, Kevin. He had been offered a 3 year, $3.6m contract, but turned it down in wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. He joined the Army in May of 2002, he never did a single interview and Army officials at the time said he wanted no special treatment, no special attention and that he just wanted to be considered one of the soldiers doing his duty for his country?

Pentagon sources told ABC news that he was killed in direct action during a firefight in Afghanistan, but that no further details were available. Take, an absolutely terrible story. Sad, sad story. Never again, do I want to hear that an athlete is a hero for something he or she did on the field of play. There?s nothing heroic about hitting a walk off homerun or knocking down a game winning jumper. Clutch maybe, heroic, never. Pat Tillman is a hero. Pat Tillman gave up a 7 figure a year job, as a professional athlete to serve his country, and he did it for no reason other than he wanted to, he felt compelled to serve, of course, we were all changed immeasurably by the events of 9-11, but how many of us really would give up the life we knew, much less one of wealth and security to risk our lives in response to those events.

Pat Tillman, risked and ultimately gave his life as a result of that day. There aren?t many guys anywhere, certainly none in professional sports, that would have given up what Pat Tillman gave up to risk his life for our country. This isn?t Tiger Woods going to Ft. Bragg for a week to play G.I. Joe. This isn?t crazy Riddick Bowe trying to enlist in the Marines and quitting a week later, Pat Tillman put down a million dollar a year job as a football player to enlist with the Army Rangers. A decision that cost him his life. I never have seen a more heroic act by an athlete. Ever. Pat Tillman was 27? he appeared on this show while at ASU and also while in the NFL, he came to a Tour Stop, and I?m proud to say, I met the man?

Background: Played four years with the Cards?starred at ASU?very, very bright, 3.84 gpa through college, graduated summa cum laude with a degree in marketing?You never thought it would happen, strangely, although it?s war, and this is, of course, the risk, I just never thought it would happen to Pat Tillman, I know it?s absurd to say that, he was an Army Ranger, it?s war, people get killed in war. Why would he be any different than any other soldier, of course, I get that, still, Pat Tillman was different and I just always assumed, one day, he would come back, make another run at the NFL, and probably never really share his experiences but that he?d come home and we?d all have that chance to thank and salute him.

...but that?s not what happened. It shouldn?t be so shocking, but it is, and very, very sad."

When Tillman first left the NFL to enlist, that became virtually the only topic on the show for almost a WEEK -- not surprisingly, this was the ONLY point of discussion on Friday's show. Several callers and emailers gave their own ideas of things the NFL could (and should) do, and one that I particularly liked was to forget anything that may happen on the field this coming season, just go ahead and name him League MVP right on Opening Day.
 
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