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| Much More then a Pat on the Back
In dying for his country Pat Tillman went outside of the box, and got us to see the big picture in life-not sports Pat Tillman was amazing. His death announced this morning was a tragic, devastating discovery, that left me in utter disgust and disbelief. The pain I felt for this amazing human being is undescribable. The mystique of a glamorous lifestyle never interested Pat Tillman. All he wanted was to be part of a team, as many people who knew him or spent time around him put it. I was never lucky enough to meet the man, who many said was hard to describe, but I felt like I had lost a part of me after the news of his passing finally hit. The man who put dignity and pride back into sports, was more than an athlete, he was an all around spectacular human being, who would be done a dis-service if he wasn�t recognized, as he would have liked it. But after hearing constant coverage of his terrible death, I couldn�t help but think how we could not re-think what�s going on in America and look at the catastrophe that has become of Iraq. I couldn�t help ponder what the United States of America would be like without the great people that help to protect it. Pat Tillman was one of them. He never wanted attention, he just wanted to do what he felt was right: serve the country. He went ahead and did just that, shocking but inspiring a flustered nation. After September 11th had come and gone, he was determined to put a stamp on America�s defense, only this time it wasn�t win-lose. It was life or death, which makes it all the more admirable, all the more inspirable, all the more special, to people like me who rooted for them to succeed. Today is a sad, wordless day because the world was a better place with Pat Tillman and all the others who have lost their lives in the real ongoing war, that means more then words can describe. Followup The Pat Tillman Way An all around amazing human being was killed in Afghanistan, but his legacy will never die You may meet a million people...... And you may hear a million stories..... Yet, you may never hear one as creative and as endeavoring as Pat Tillman�s. Sure you�ve probably seen comic books, depicting super heroes as invincible, nearly perfect. You�ve seen books, movies, with endings simply storybook. And life is never farther from the truth. Nothing in life is truly played out to its uttermost satisfaction....That unless your name was Pat Tillman, who few outside of the sports world knew about, until he made the bold and absolutely remarkable decision to enter the Rangers. And no, not the sports team either. Pat Tillman made me think, he made me cry, and he put me in disbelief. Pat�s story sounds virtually perfect, unflawed, astounding in a way so telling it drives you to pure uncontrollable sadness. It�s a picture so revealing, so gentle, yet so tough, so bright, but so dark, all gelled brilliantly colorfully into one human being by the name of Pat. He was never big enough to make the football team, so he did. He wasn�t good enough to be in the NFL, so he became better. He wasn�t satisfied doing a marathon, so he completed a triathalon. Pat Tillman was one of those very few, who went outside the box, beyond the glory (As Fox�s documentaries are names), it was crisp refreshing, and difficult to believe, even if you saw it in a movie. -sj |