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	Podcast:		Sporting Witness
	Episode:		Pat Tillman - The American Football Hero Killed in Afghanistan
	Category:		Sports & Recreation
	Duration:		00:08:55
	Publish Date:		2017-07-29 03:00:00
	Description:		In 2002, the American football star Pat Tillman became a national hero when he gave up a lucrative career to join the US army and fight in the war on terror. Tillman was a poster boy for the military, but two years later he was killed in a controversial friendly fire incident in Afghanistan. His friend and fellow American footballer, Jeremy Staat, talks to Dina Newman. PHOTO: Pat Tillman in action (Getty Images)
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