pat tillman was born in 1976 and died a hero in 2004. tillman had been a football player for the arizona cardinals since 1998. he was offered a contract of $3.6 million dollars to continue with them, but turned it down to serve our country. enlisting in the united states army eight months after the terrorist attacks of september 11th, he served for two years when he was killed by friendly fire. although there is much controversy around his death, one thing is for sure, he was an amazing example of selflessness and sacrifice.memorials, statues, walks/runs, scholarships, and donations have been set up in memory of pat tillman. his numbers for the sun devils (42) and for the cardinals (40) were retired. friends have grown their hair to look like him. "the walk for pat" began in september of 2008 by army comrade rory fanning. fanning's goal is to raise the money tillman turned down ($3.6 million) for the pat tillman foundation. ( for more info go to wikipedia)
last saturday kyle and i participated in the fifth annual pat tillman walk/run in tempe. in honor of tillman, the walk/run is 4.2 miles long around tempe town lake and finishes on the 42nd yard line on the cardinal stadium. there was also a .42 mile kid's walk. it was inspiring to see the 20,000 people who came to honor pat tillman's name and what he stood for. it was amazing to walk across the finish line and imagine tillman there with me.
picture 1. pat tillman 2. kyle and i just before the race 3. addison ran too 4. army personel that joined 5. we finished our walk in 1:09:25 ( not that we were racing, but i think it's pretty good)
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