UPat Tillman: ubomi bokuqala, umsebenzi, ukufa

Kule nqaku, makhe sithethe ngomntu omhle-uPat Tillman. Siza kuxubusha ngobomi bakhe bokuqala kunye nomsebenzi wakhe, siya kuqwalasela iinkcukacha zokufa kwakhe.

Ubomi bokuqala

UPat Tillman wazalwa ngoNovemba 6, 1976 eSan Jose, eCalifornia, eU.SA. Xa le nkwenkwe yayineminyaka eyi-18 ubudala, wayithatha umdla kakhulu kwimidlalo, okokuba ibhola lebhola laseMerika, waza wavunyelwa kwiqela leYunivesithi yaseArizona, apho wayedlala khona kwindawo yomgcini-mgcini. Ukukhula kweTillman kwakungama-180 cm.Ukudlala kakuhle kule ndawo, kwakungekho ngokwaneleyo, kodwa nangona kunjalo, uPat waqala ukubonisa iziphumo ezilungileyo kumdlalo, kwaye kwinqanaba eliphezulu waqatshelwa njengomdlali okhuselekileyo phakathi kwabadlali beNgqungquthela yasePacific. Ngo-1998, uPat waphumelela ngokuphumelela kwi-yuyunivesiti ekhethekileyo "ukuthengisa". Umlinganiselo wokugqibela wamanqaku omfana wayengu-3.84.

Umsebenzi

Emva kokufumana imfundo yakhe, uPat Tillman uthathe inxaxheba kwi-draft ye-NFL ye-1998, emva kwalowo mfana waya kwiqela "iArizona Cardinal". Ngethuba lokuqala lokudlala njengomdlali oyingcali, uPat wachitha imidlalo ye-10 kwi-16 kwiqela kwaye wafumana isikhundla somgcini-mgca, kwaye emibini kwiminyaka kamva wabeka irekhodi leqela kumakhadi.

Ekuqaleni kukaMeyi 2002, ubunkokheli beqela elivela eArizona lanikela uPat Tillman isivumelwano esitsha, isixa esiyi-3.6 yezigidigidi zeedola, kodwa kungalindelekanga ukuba wonke umdlali wenqabe. Kamva kuya kwaziwa ukuba uPat kunye nomntakwabo uKevin, ababenqabe umsebenzi we-baseball, babhalisa kwi-Army yase-US. Ngasekupheleni kwe-2002, abazalwana baphumelela ngokugqiba iikholeji zokuqeqesha ii-ranger kwaye bathunyelwa kwikhatyana yesibili kwintonga yeshumi elinesihlanu, e-Fort Lewis, eWashington, eU.SA. Ngethuba lakhe lempi, uPat wakwazi ukuhambela i-Iraq ne-Afghanistan, apho kwenziwa khona imikhosi.

Ukufa

Ngo-Apreli 22, 2004, kwaziwa ukuba uTat Tillman, owayephepheni kufuphi nephondo laseKhost, wabanjwa emlilweni, kwaye ngenxa yoko wabulawa. Ngokomgaqo wokuqala wophando, uTillman, kunye nentambo yakhe, eyikhilomitha engamashumi amane kumzantsi wesithili saseKhost, kungekude nomda kunye nePakistan, yaxutywa yaza yabulawa ekubulaleni ngamaphekula. Umntu emva koko wathola isikhundla se-corporal, kwaye wanikezelwa ngamabhaso anjengo-Silver Star kunye ne-Purple Heart. Umzimba wakhe wathathwa waya ezweni lakubo waza wangcwaba emangcwabeni emkhosini.

Kwinyanga kamva umphando wophando washicilela ingqungquthela yesibili yokufa kukaPat Tillman. Kwathethwa ukuba wawa phantsi komlilo "onobungane", oko kukuthi, wabulawa ngamasosha avela emkhosini waseMerika, olu lwazi lugcinwe ngokucokisekileyo kumaphephandaba. Kwimeko yophando olongezelelweyo kwaziwa ukuba umlawuli wamandulo wayesazi isizathu sokufa kwejoni.

Iinkcukacha zeMemori kunye nezinto ezinomdla

Ndandihlawula umvuzo kumdlali ofana noPat Tillman, kunye nebhola laseMelika. Ngomhla ka-Septemba 19, 2004, umdlalo wawubanjwe kunye neentambo zokungcwaba kuma-helmets abadlali beqela le-NFL, kunye neqela langaphambili lomdlali - "iArizona Cardinals" kunye namanqaku afanayo achitha ixesha lonke. Inombolo yomdlalo 40 kwixesha elizayo yachithwa ngokupheleleyo ekusebenziseni iqela, njengoko ngaphambili wayephantsi kukaPatri. Ingaba iqela leyunivesiti - "iSawn Devils" - kunye nenombolo 42, phantsi kwaloo mfana wayethetha ngaphambili. Isikwere apho iKarinali yeTalkinali ikhona kuthiwa yiPat: Freedom Square egama linguPat Tillman. Emva kancinci umdlali wangaphambili wanikwa umfanekiso wesibhadu.

Ibhuloho, ephantsi komda we-States wase-Arizona kunye ne-Nevada kwaye yawela ngaphesheya koMlambo i-Colorado, ibizwa ngokuba ngamaqhawe amabili avela kumazwe angummelwane: "UMike O'Callaghan - uPat Tillman Memorial Bridge." Ukufa kukaPat kwaxutyushwa ngokubanzi kumaphephandaba aseMelika, ngexesha lophando lophando lwakhe lunikezwa nguDonald Rumsfeld, owayengumfundisi wezokuvikela wase-United States.