Pat Tilman, the Arizona Cardinals safety who turned down a multi-year contract extension to enlist in the U.S. Army and become a Ranger, stopped by to visit his ex-teammates while they were in Seattle to play the Seahawks this past weekend. Tilman, who is serving alongside his brother Kevin, is stationed at Fort Lewis, about 50 miles from Seattle.
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So sad that he was KIA!
What a life he sacrificed for his Country.
God Bless America
If that we were all more like Mr. Tilman. I salute his memory.
What a guy. I am a former marine, and I live in Arizona. Wow I can’t even come to terms that he is dead. What a way to go out though. Living his dream and defending his country. I just hope his family is doing o.k.
The world needs more men like him alive to set an example to children of how a professional athlete should conduct himself. Also how a man in any capacity should conduct himself! It is definitely a crime that his life was cut so short. I pray to God that young men around the world don’t view this as a call to martyrdom but see it for exactly what it is, a terrible shame! No young man should feel led to lay down his life to be recognized as a wonderful human being as this man obviously was with or without a damn war! This young man was an outstanding human being before the war started. The war didn’t make him a man he already was one!
Im in the US NAvy and love the game of football and thought it very admirable thing to do that Pat TIlman did by leaving the millions the NFL pays to enlist in the Army Rangers. And it just hits home now what kind of sacrifice everyone, myself included, may have to pay when were are deployed overseas protecting our country. I will never forget the sacrifice the the Tilmans made when they joined the US Army and I will never forget the memory and admiration of Pat Tilman # 40.