From the 75th Ranger Regiment: Nine years ago today, April 22, 2004, Cpl. Patrick D. Tillman, was fatally wounded when his Ranger unit came under fire during combat operations in southeastern Afghanistan. After he was medically evacuated from the scene, he was pronounced dead by U.S. officials at approximately 11:45 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. He was born in California on Nov. 6, 1976. In the prime of a stellar football career, which included four years at Arizona State University on athletic scholarship and four years as a defensive back with the National Football League’s Arizona Cardinals, Pat Tillman walked away from a multiyear, multimillion dollar football contract to serve his country as a Soldier in the U.S. Army. Tillman volunteered for duty with the Army in May 2002, requesting to serve as a member of the 75th Ranger Regiment — the U.S. military’s premier light infantry fighting force. Here is the video of the participants and their thoughts on the 9th Annual Pat's Run (last Saturday): A href="http://www.foxsportsarizona.com/pages/video?videoid=b921fc54-bbc8-4b20-9a65-a256a1eb2c54src=v5:embed:syndication:from=shareembed-syndication" _mce_href="http://www.foxsportsarizona.com/pages/video?videoid=b921fc54-bbc8-4b20-9a65-a256a1eb2c54amp;src=v5:embed:syndication:amp;from=shareembed-syndication" target="_new" title="9th annual Pat's Run"Video: 9th annual Pat's Run/A
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