Pat Tillman

Aug. 1: Donald Rumsfeld and three senior Generals faced questions on Capitol Hill today about false reports, and what some have called a cover-up, surrounding the death of Army Ranger and former NFL star Pat Tillman. NBC's Chip Reid reports.

Pat Tillman gave up his professional football career to join the Army Rangers in 2002?and became an instant symbol of patriotic fervor and unflinching duty. But the truth about Pat Tillman is far more complexand ultimately more heroic than the caricature created by the media. And when the government tried to turn his death into war propaganda they took on the wrong family. From her home in the Santa Cruz mountains, Pat's mother, Dannie Tillman led the family's crusade to reveal the truth beneath the mythology of their son's life and death. Featuring candid and revelatory interviews with Pat's fellow soldiers as well as his family. Amir Bar-Lev's emotional and insightful film not only shines a light on the shady aftermath of Pat's death and calls to task the entire chain of command but also examines themes as timeless as the notion of heroism itself.

Join the Pat Tillman Foundation for the 8th Annual Pat's Run on April 21st.

Join the Pat Tillman Foundation for the 8th Annual Pat's Run on April 21st.

Pat Tillman was a great athlete, but was also an avid reader and family man. His friends considered him a Socrates in Surfer-Boy packaging.

Mike Florio talks about Pat Tillman and how he should be inducted into the Football Hall of Fame.

In investigation into the cover-up surrounding former NFL star Pat Tillman's death in Afghanistan.

Mike Florio talks about Pat Tillman and how he should be inducted into the Football Hall of Fame.

Mary Tillman spoke with Erica hill on the book "Boots on the Ground by Dusk" which documents her family's crusade to expose the cover-up by military officials of her son's death.

Professional football player Pat Tillman joined the Army after 9/11 and was killed in Afghanistan by friendly fire during a gun battle. But as Erica Hill reports, the story told by the government was quite different.

Katie Couric discusses Mary Tillman's dissatisfaction over the explanation of her son Pat Tillman's death and what the Secretary of the Army, Pete Geren has to say about that. 60 Minutes, Sunday.

ESPN Video: April 22, 2004, Pat Tillman killed serving in Afghanistan