Tillman family hopes to get truth in own way

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Pat Tillman was killed in Afghanistan on April 22, 2004.


Tillman family hopes to get truth in own way
By Rachel Cohen - The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Aug 12, 2010 19:16:32 EDT

NEW YORK— Mary Tillman doesn't want any more congressional hearings or official inquiries.

She still doesn't believe she's been given anything close to satisfactory answers as to how her son died, or why the circumstances of his death were reported incorrectly for so long. But she knows it's unhealthy to keep pushing, and Pat Tillman wouldn't have wanted that for his family.

Of course, if new information were to come out because of the documentary being released this month, the Tillmans would take up the cause again. Yet that's not why they agreed to cooperate with the making of "The Tillman Story," which opens in limited release Aug. 20.

The film chronicles how the Arizona Cardinals safety abandoned NFL riches in 2002 to join the Army Rangers. He was killed in Afghanistan in April 2004 — in an enemy ambush, the military told the world. It wasn't until five weeks later the truth was revealed that he was a victim of friendly fire.

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"It's happening to other soldiers," Mary Tillman said Thursday in a phone interview with The Associated Press. "It's a systemic problem."