there wasn t any religion in this at all. i m sorry . he was a skier, world class skier. he used to call sunday mornings and say let s go skiing. he d never pros let sized and gave up his life for the afghanistan. how did he choose this as the major life change for him? how did he choose afghanistan and the afghan people? he loved the mountains. it was a fascinating place, it was an adventure. he had a he was very successful professionally and wanted to give something back to people. general. it had nothing to do with christianityty on proselytizing. did he speak of the dangerous inherent with that region? absolutely. i mean he was a back country skier. he took risks but he wasn t reckless. he knew the dangerous and knew he could die.
something back to people in general. it had nothing to do with christianity. is he a back country skier. he took risks but he wasn t reckless. he knew the dangers. he knew he could die. he was just a great american. shepard: tonight, we re hearing from the individual widow. an aid worker herself who decided not to go to afghanistan this time because their daughter is about to give birth to their first grandchild. mike emanuel at the pentagon tonight. mike? shep, tom little was the team leader. he and his wife had been working in afghanistan since the 1970 s. they had raised three daughters in kabul despite all of the war there and all the political uncertainty here is his waived. we were nonpolitical. we were medical team. that was it. you don t pull out when people are being killed. hospitals are being blown out.