U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle had four tours of duty in Iraq, earned a reputation as the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history, and started a program to heal disabled vets—only to return stateside and get shot and killed by a Marine with post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Chris Kyle had four tours of duty in Iraq, earned a reputation as the greatest of all time, started a program to heal disabled vets—only to return stateside and get murdered by a Marine with PTSD. Why do bad things happen to good people? Maybe because of the classical definition of the tragic hero: a person with heroic qualities, fated by the gods to doom and destruction.
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By Mark Jackson
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