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MASLIN, JANET

1. "In May of 2002, he turned down a contract offer of $3.6 million from the team to enlist in the U.S. Army. He told friends and family that he enlisted because he was deeply affected by the 9/11 attacks."

2. "Pat Tillman walked away from a lucrative career in the National Football League to join the military and fight in Afghanistan, where he was ultimately killed by friendly fire in an incident that was initially covered up."

3. "Mr. Tillman joined the elite Rangers unit of the Army, and after training was deployed to Iraq and then Afghanistan. On April 22, 2004, he was killed by U.S. forces while on patrol outside the Taliban-infested village of Sperah, not far from the border of Pakistan."

Pat Tillman