Nick said he couldn't leave ASU without doing the Pat Tillman Run. Pat Tillman (#42) played football for ASU and then played in the NFL for the Arizona Cardinals for a few years. After the Sept 11th attacks, Tillman turned down a $3.6 million contract extension so he could enlist in the US Army. Nearly 2 years into a deployment in Afghanistan Tillman was killed by friendly fire. There has always been a big conspiracy as to a 'coverup' of what really happened with his death. The state of AZ has several memorials to honor him, and ASU has "Pat's Run" every year to honor #42. The run is 4.2 miles and ends at the 42-yard line on the Sun Devils Stadium. The proceeds of the run go to support the Tillman Military Scholars program. Nick loved doing this race as a group of this construction classmates were just a few of the over 35,000 participants.
Pre-race photo
Waiting to start the race
The finish line
Nick is high-fiving a few of the ASU football players on the right side before crossing the finish line
All the construction students had shirts made
The construction team runners! This is nearly all of the girls in their program!
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