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Show The Utah Statesman World & Nation Wednesday, April 25,2007 11 • TlLLMAN From page 2 troops from an Iraqi hospital, but the tale of her ambush was changed into a story of heroism on her part. Still hampered by her injuries, Lynch walked slowly to the witness table, took a seat alongside Tillman's family members and said the heroism belonged to others who fought in Iraq, such as her roommate Lori Piestewa, who died in the same ambush in which Lynch was captured. "The bottom line is the American people are capable of determining their own ideals of heroes and they don't need to be told elaborate lies," Lynch said. Tillman's death received worldwide attention because he had walked away from a huge contract with the NFL's Arizona Cardinals to enlist in the Army after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. His family was initially misled by the Pentagon and did not learn the truth for more than a month. Tillman was awarded a Silver Star based on fabricated accounts — who fabricated them still isn't clear after several investigations. "We don't know what the secretary of defense knew, we don't know what the White House knew," Waxman said. "What we do know is these were not a series of accidents, these stories. They were calculatedly put out for a public relations purpose.... Even now there seems to be a cover-up." Kevin Tillman was in a convoy behind his older brother, a former NFL star, on April 22, 2004, when Pat Tillman was mistakenly shot by other Army Rangers who had just emerged from a canyon where they'd been fired upon. Kevin Tillman didn't see what happened. O'Neal said he was ordered not to tell him by then-Lt. Col. Jeff Bailey, the battalion commander who oversaw Tillman's platoon. "He basically just said, sir, that uh, 'Do not let Kevin know, he's probably in SAVE 1O% FACULTY A STUDENTS ANY O R D E R E N D S MAY 5 t h 753-1292-GampSaver.com*82W. 100N i YOU A PHO7O VOV'0 LOI/£ 7O fi/Al/£? - J> HH Go to www. utahstatesman.com and look for the PHOTO REPRINT link. From there it is a piece of cake ... and you can have a piece of USU History! Updated regularly. Keep checking back. •J A/oiv you CAM/ X I AA/O THAT'S SOMETHMG i\ ^<^^f J^k *** *' - ABOUT! Dedications, Caught on Campus, Campus Events and Activities, more Sports _ all will be added and available for you to find your special photo! Check back all summer long. # |