Pat Tillman, The Real Story: "During several weeks of memorials and commemorations that followed Tillman's death, commanders at his 75th Ranger Regiment and their superiors hid the truth about friendly fire from Tillman's brother Kevin, who had fought with Pat in the same platoon, but was not involved in the firing incident and did not know the cause of his brother's death. Commanders also withheld the facts from Tillman's widow, his parents, national politicians and the public, according to records and interviews with sources involved in the case.
After being ambushed, Ranger Tillman and an Afghan fighter left their Humvee & went into some cover on the side of a steep hill to assume a position to return enemy fire, but U.S. troops thought they were the ones firing on them.
Tillman gave the international sign for cease-fire, and then repeatedly yelled, "I'm Pat fucking Tillman!!!" as he was mangled into several pieces from heavy machine gun blasts from members of his own Ranger platoon.
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Pat Tillman's memorial ceremony was going as planned: John McCain spoke, American flags waved, the Army and the NFL stood together, all mourning their lost colleague. It was going as planned until Pat's brother spoke:
"Pat isn't with God,'' he said. "He's fucking dead. He wasn't religious. So thank you for your thoughts, but he's fuckiing dead.''