![]() ![]() "That was a pretty scary situation you were driving into and you knew it?" Couric asks. While there is some disagreement about the details of what happened the day Tillman was killed, the Rangers 60 Minutes spoke with said it began when their commanders made a critical error, splitting their convoy into two groups as they moved through Taliban territory. So she tracked down some other Rangers who were there that day. Tillman's brother Kevin was in the back of the convoy, but hadn't seen what happened. ![]() Combing through Army documents, she found inconsistencies in the official military account. And so the divorced middle school teacher launched her own investigation. And so I have a great deal of appreciation for those who have," Pat Tillman said at the time.Īfter her son's death, Mary Tillman says she never felt like she got the straight story. "You know, my great-grandfather was at Pearl Harbor, and a lot of my family has given up, has gone and fought in wars, and I really haven't done a damn thing, as far as laying myself on the line like that. 11, and talked about the importance of service one day after the attacks. He'd signed up to fight al Qaeda following Sept. "Made up" a story, Mary contends, because when her son had left behind his football career to join the Army Rangers, he'd become one of the most high-profile soldiers in the U.S. "It's under investigation," Couric remarks. If they didn't tell us right away exactly what happened, I mean, it would seem to me that because of the clandestine nature of the Rangers, they could've easily said, 'Well, this is, you know, we can't really divulge this,'" she says. "Even the time lapse is not what is so disturbing to us. Tillman says it took the Army five weeks to tell her. All the other soldiers on the ridge line suspected that that's exactly what happened." Then, about a month later there was a stunning announcement: the Army had been investigating his death and determined that Tillman was killed by his own men.Īsked how long she thinks it took the Army to realize her son had been killed by friendly fire, Tillman says, "Oh, they knew immediately. ![]()
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