Pat Tillman, former NFL player, killed in combat

by **hightimber** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 1:27 pm

by **Tommy Boy** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 1:54 pm

what an amazing, and tragic story.

He is truly an inspirational human, for people of all nations. His pride and conviction, not to mention his selflessness is awe inspiring.

Pat is will never be forgotten.

by **AnimalCracka** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 2:10 pm

Yeah I remember when he ditched the NFL to enlist. It was inspirational then, now its just a goddamn shame that a person like Pat had to die. Only the good die young I guess.

by **Bagginses** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 2:16 pm

That is a shame. Finally a professional athlete who's not concerned with money or records and knows what's important, decides to take a stand. Again, it's a shame.

-Bagginses

by **LeVar Burton** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 2:34 pm

What a shame... I remember hearing about him enlist and thought he was a badass for his selflessness.

by **JimmyTango** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 3:11 pm

I was reading this earlier today when it first broke(sinc ethen more details have come out). As a non-NFL fan, I never heard the story. He gave up a lot for what he believes, and that was before being KIA. Sound like not only a good person and gifted athlete, but also a very smart person(something like a 3.85 GPA in college).

by **Colonel Ingus** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 3:23 pm

Not sure how many of you guys are NFL Fans but there is a big stink in the draft right now because this whiny little bitch named Eli Manning doesn't want to be picked by a certain team. Its really pitful that if you go to ESPN.com's nfl page you see a huge picture of this little shit and then in the corner a small picture about Tillman.

Tillman was a class act and deserves the utmost respect. The media tried to make a big deal of it when he made his decision to join the army but he would have none of it. He said that his making that decision was absolutely no different from the many other men and women who made the same decision.

Pat Tillman this one is for you :beer:

by **Murgatroyd** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 3:27 pm

I haven't much to say other than I have the utmost respect for this guy.

by **JimmyTango** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 5:21 pm

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/writers/tim_layden/04/23/remembering.tillman/index.html

This article speaks volumes to his character and make up.

by **hightimber** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 6:50 pm

Looks like I'm not the only one here who was inspired by this guy. Whether or not you believe in the war, he sacrificed everything for what he believed in.

Nice comments one and all.

by **{CN}Doomfarer** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 7:01 pm

All those that serve in our country's military have my respect. Maybe they didn't give up what Tillman (he was a truly gifted person) but there are many out there that are in harms way. It disapoints me to see how much our society tends to hero-worship so many people who are over paid and spoiled...

To all those who have served our nations military and lost their lives, SALUTE :beer:

by **Ralph Wiggum** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 7:10 pm

I remember reading about it when he enlisted and like everyone was very impressed. But the most impressive thing about this guy was that he didn't seem to give a shit about what you and me thought. He was very lowkey about it and didn't do interviews and have a press agent talking about how great a guy he was for doing it. Drudge had a link to this just now:

http://www.benning.army.mil/rtb/ranger/CREED.htm

by **hightimber** » Sat Apr 24, 2004 10:06 am

Originally posted by {CN}Doomfarer
All those that serve in our country's military have my respect. Maybe they didn't give up what Tillman (he was a truly gifted person) but there are many out there that are in harms way. It disapoints me to see how much our society tends to hero-worship so many people who are over paid and spoiled...

To all those who have served our nations military and lost their lives, SALUTE

Good points Doom and it should also be noted that although this is a tragedy it's a shame that because he was a former NFL player that this makes his death "seem" somehow worse than any other soldier's death - which it isn't. It just gets more publicity because of his unique story.

Pat Tillman, former NFL player, killed in combat

Pat Tillman, former NFL player, killed in combat

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