OT - Tribute to a hero

[taterbill]

Originally posted by Renegade 13:
...A hero to me is someone who performs an action or deed which goes way beyond what is expected of him, and way beyond what the vast majority of the population would do...

Jumping into this thread against my better judgement...

Let's see, Tillman turned down a huge offer from St. Louis in 2001 to stay with the Arizona Cardinals, because they were the team that beleived in him when everyone else said he was too small to be an NFL linebacker. Does that go "way beyond what is expected of him"?

A year later, he walked away from a three-year, $3.6 million offer from Arizona to join the Army. Is that "what the vast majority of the population would do"?

We can't all be Joan d'Arc or Mahatma Ghandi. We can only do the best with where circumstances have put us.

Pat Tillman consistently made choices that demonstrated his desire to do what he beleived to be honorable and right, despite the personal cost. Did he choose to die? Of course not. But he chose to place himself in a dangerous situation to serve his country. Despite my political views, I respect his actions immensely.

Hero? Absolutely.