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Pat Tillman run

Runners pass by a picture of Patt Tillman. (Rose Clements/KTAR) Runners approach the finish line. (Rose Clements/KTAR) Volunteers hand out water to the runners. (Rose Clements/KTAR) Water lined up for the runners. (Rose Clements/KTAR) Runners participate in the Pat Tillman race. (Rose Clements/KTAR) Runners starting out in the Pat Tillman race. (Rose Clements/KTAR) Participants in the Pat Tillman race. (Rose Clements/KTAR) A runner brings his dog along for the race. (Rose Clements/KTAR) A runner carries a Cardinals' NFC championship flag. (Rose Clements/KTAR) Runner carries a Cardinals' NFC championship flag in race. (Rose Clements/KTAR) Members of the military participate in race. Kids watch runners pass by. (Rose Clements/KTAR) Runners pass mile four of the race. (Rose Clements/KTAR) Runners participate in the Pat Tillman race. (Rose Clements/KTAR) Runners approach the finish line. (Rose Clements/KTAR) Runners participate in the Pat Tillman race. (Rose Clements/KTAR) Runners approach the finish line. (Rose Clements/KTAR) People give runners high-fives as they approach the finish line. (Rose Clements/KTAR) A runner approaches the finish line of the Pat Tillman race. (Rose Clements/KTAR) Runners are greeted as they approach the finish line. Organizers expected 20,000 to participate Saturday. (Rose Clements/KTAR) Balloons near the finish line of the Pat Tillman race. Race entrants paid $40, with proceeds going to the Pat Tillman Foundation, which sponsors leadership programs including the Tillman Scholars program at Arizona State, the National Veterans Scholarship Fund and the Collegiate Fund for Social Action. (Rose Clements/KTAR) ASU football players greet runners near the end of Pat's Run, held in Tempe, Saturday, April 18. Pat Tillman was a standout football player at Arizona State and played for the NFL's Arizona Cardinals before abruptly quitting his athletic career to join the U.S. Army Rangers in the wake of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. He was killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan in 2004. (Rose Clements/KTAR)