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"The Tugboat"
Tillman brothers safe, sound
By Scott Bordow, Tribune Columnist
http://eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=4570
Patrick Tillman doesn't know where his sons are in the Middle East. He doesn't know what they're doing. He doesn't know when they're coming home.
But he knows they're OK. And that's enough.
Tillman said he received a phone call from his son, Kevin, on Saturday, and that Arizona State and Cardinals product Pat Tillman called his mother, Mary, a day earlier.
“It was great, a big relief,” Patrick Tillman said.
Mary could not be reached for comment. The Tillman brothers enlisted in the Army last year and became Rangers.
Patrick said neither he nor Mary had heard from their sons since February, a month before they were deployed to the Middle East.
“It was nice to hear from,” Patrick said. “They sounded good. Both of them said they were doing well.”
Patrick said Kevin was limited to 10 minutes on the phone and given specific instructions as to what he could tell his father.
“They have a script they (his sons) have to read to us,” Patrick said. “I said, ‘What can I ask you?’ He said, ‘Basically nothing.’
“They really don't let on to anything. The whole thing seems to be top secret. I should call Fox News. Maybe they'll tell me.”
Patrick said Pat and Kevin are in touch with each other.
“It's very awkward, not knowing what's going on,” Patrick said. “You're defenseless. It's out of your control. But anybody who has a relative over there or friends is going through the same thing.”
By Scott Bordow, Tribune Columnist
http://eastvalleytribune.com/index.php?sty=4570
Patrick Tillman doesn't know where his sons are in the Middle East. He doesn't know what they're doing. He doesn't know when they're coming home.
But he knows they're OK. And that's enough.
Tillman said he received a phone call from his son, Kevin, on Saturday, and that Arizona State and Cardinals product Pat Tillman called his mother, Mary, a day earlier.
“It was great, a big relief,” Patrick Tillman said.
Mary could not be reached for comment. The Tillman brothers enlisted in the Army last year and became Rangers.
Patrick said neither he nor Mary had heard from their sons since February, a month before they were deployed to the Middle East.
“It was nice to hear from,” Patrick said. “They sounded good. Both of them said they were doing well.”
Patrick said Kevin was limited to 10 minutes on the phone and given specific instructions as to what he could tell his father.
“They have a script they (his sons) have to read to us,” Patrick said. “I said, ‘What can I ask you?’ He said, ‘Basically nothing.’
“They really don't let on to anything. The whole thing seems to be top secret. I should call Fox News. Maybe they'll tell me.”
Patrick said Pat and Kevin are in touch with each other.
“It's very awkward, not knowing what's going on,” Patrick said. “You're defenseless. It's out of your control. But anybody who has a relative over there or friends is going through the same thing.”
