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Ex-Ranger Recalls The Friendly Fire That Killed Pat Tillman

NPR

By NPR Staff

Published April 22, 2014 at 4:16 PM EDT

Ten years ago Tuesday, former NFL star Pat Tillman was killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan. Steven Elliott was one of the Army Rangers who fired on Tillman, and he told his story recently on ESPN's Outside the Lines.

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