Chris Kyle: Hero

Chris Kyle: Hero
“People tell me I saved hundreds and hundreds of people. But I have to tell you: it’s not the people you saved that you remember. It’s the ones you couldn’t save. Those are the ones you talk about. Those are the faces and situations that stay with you forever.” This is a quote from famous US Navy Sniper, Chris Kyle(Kyle 285). Chris Kyle is notorious for being a tenacious, heroic, and affectionate man due to the many actions he carried out for the United States of America.
Chris Kyle was born on April 8, 1974 in Odessa, Texas. He grew up on a ranch where he spent most of his time outdoors. As a graduate, Chris studied at Tarleton State University. He tended ranches, for a short time, until he sought his real dream of joining the army in 1999. There are many reasons Chris
With that you can conclude that those few people are his family. Chris Kyle married Taya Kyle on March 16, 2002. He then had two children. In the movie American Sniper, Taya is represented as a loving and caring wife. However, with Chris being gone, she begins to struggle with loneliness. According to the Military Times Magazine, Taya reports the movie as being solely and absolutely correct. When Chris returned home from combat he struggled with post war stress. Taya Kyle has written many articles about her loving husband. One of her most well known is an article entitled “My Struggle to Heal.” This article explains the tragic aftermath of Chris’s death. On February 2, 2013, Chris was shot and killed by a man named Eddie Ray Routh. Eddie was a war veteran who suffered from post traumatic stress. Chris and his best friend, Chad Littlefield, were both gunned down in an attempt to help Eddie. They were pronounced dead at the gun range. In the article, Taya says she regrets one thing, and that was the fact that she did not support him as well as she should