# Steve Coll at The Washington Post via MSNBC – Mistakes marked Tillman’s ‘friendly fire’ death – Pat Tillman, the for

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Steve Coll at The Washington Post via MSNBC –

Mistakes marked Tillman’s ‘friendly fire’ death – Pat Tillman, the
former Arizona Cardinals safety who “heroically” volunteered to fight
in Afghanistan, was killed on April 22 by friendly fire. [root]
bq.
The Ranger beside Tillman had been lying flat as Tillman initially
called out for a cease-fire, yelling out his name. Then Tillman went
silent as the firing continued. Now the young Ranger saw a “river of
blood” coming from Tillman’s position. He got up, looked at Tillman,
and saw that “his head was gone.”
[End the War on Freedom]

This story is starting to sound an awful lot like the “rescue” of Private Lynch, or (especially) the movie Courage Under Fire.