Dan Hoffman Honors Mike Spann, Killed in 2001 Afghanistan Uprising, in Father’s Day Essay
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 21
Dan Hoffman Honors Mike Spann, Killed in 2001 Afghanistan Uprising, in Father’s Day Essay
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 21
Summary
Dan Hoffman used a Father’s Day essay to link his own role as a father with the sacrifice of fallen CIA officer Mike Spann, saying family remains “the best part” of his life.
31 goals from Hoffman’s son anchor the piece’s personal side: Hoffman says he never missed a game, echoing lessons from his own father that time together mattered more than shared activities.
November 25, 2001 drives the essay’s memorial turn. Hoffman recalls Spann and Dave Tyson on Team Alpha in Afghanistan, where Spann was killed during the Qala-i-Jangi prison uprising.
Spann, a Marine and CIA paramilitary officer, left behind three children and became the first U.S. casualty in the war on al Qaeda and the Taliban, giving Hoffman’s Father’s Day reflections a broader note of loss and service.