"Pat Tillman's death in Afghanistan eight years ago played out in public - the NFL player who quit football to enlist in the Army after9/11, killed in what the Army tried to portray as a heroic death at the hands of the enemy but what turned out to be a barrage of friendly fire. "

"A former U.S. Army Ranger who was in the same platoon as ex-NFL player Pat Tillman has stated in a television interview that he believes he might have fired the shots that killed Tillman in a 2004 friendly-fire incident in Afghanistan."

The story of Pat Tillman was a powerful and moving one that touched Americans, both at the beginning and at the end. He was a star NFL player who, after the Sept. 11 attacks, forfeited a $3.6 million contract to join the Army and become a Ranger.