Last week was the five-year anniversary of the week of Pat Tillman's death. For those of you who missed this one heroic story out of Afghanistan, Pat Tillman was a professional football player with the Arizona Cardinals who gave up that career and joined the military. After surviving a first tour in Iraq, Pat joined the Army Rangers with his brother. Not too long into his second tour, his unit was ambushed in the mountains of Afghanistan, and when attempting to provide cover fire for his men, he was killed by friendly fire. This is only one story of heroism in Afghanistan and Iraq, of which there are countless numbers. Obviously, this one is particularly poignant because of the sacrifices Pat made to be able to serve his country.
Last Saturday, in Tempe, AZ, as well as in San Jose, CA and various military bases throughout Afghanistan, up to 25,000 will participate in Pat's Run, which is an event put together by Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA). The run is 4.2 miles long (Pat's football jersey number was #42) and all proceeds are going to the scholarship program of the Pat Tillman Foundation.
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