TUCSON – Santiago “Tamahawk” Murillo is a popular super-fan, and is known among U of A circles in the sports world – especially when he dresses up as historic Arizona player “John Button” in old-school pads and football gear.
However, many don’t know Murillo has overcome a near-death accident, only-to-continue his work with scientists in Antarctica in hopes of saving the world from the effects of climate change. Here’s the special report as-seen-on-News-4-Tucson:
The Pueblo High Warrior Alum, & UofA’s very own “John Buttons” ardent fan, Santiago Murillo, is an avid cyclist who suffered a severe near downtown & I-10. It’s now taken over four years, of extensive and intensive multiple surgeries & physical therapies just to allow him to once again walk & no longer use a wheelchair, crutches, or cane. Murillo’s comeback included intensive Boxing Training, Under Water Physical Therapy, & Cycling again.
Santiago Murillo, who his friends affectionately call “Tamahawk” has an improbable comeback that goes beyond his stunning story of survival.
As a member of the National Geographic Society, Murillo’s returned to his first love, science. In late October & November of last year, Murillo volunteered to partake in a Science Expedition & Re-Supply Mission to the inhospitable Continent of Antarctica, the South Pole.
“Humanity is in complete denial as to the damages that we’re doing in our environment,” said Murillo,”Unfortunately, we don’t live long enough to notice the changes and irreversible damages that we’re doing to our own planet”
Murillo was part of a group of scientist from 32 nations that traveled to the Continent of Antarctica for the continual Science & Survey Studies concerning the effects of Global Climate Change.
“It happened last week: -The effects of climate change. Look at the polar vortex that affected the United States,” said Murillo.
As Murillo put it, “(There’s) the highly possible effects of a pending Viral/Microbial Global Pandemic Catastrophe, along with the shifting of the Magnetic Poles that’s already taking place on our planet.”
At the age of 16, Pueblo High School, Stanford & Arizona alum Santiago Murillo was a part of a published Science experiment that gave way to the use of liquid medications that avoided extensive surgeries to patients suffering from various pancreatic, & gallbladder ailments, & received honorable mention from the Nobel Committee in both Medicine, & Science. He was an assistant to his mentor at the VA hospital, Margarito Chavez.
“I did whatever it took for the advancement of science,” said Murillo.
Murillo has been recognized & highly respected in various academic circles, from Science to Law.
Of the around 7.5 Billion people that now populate our planet, Murillo says he’s only one of 11,032 living Members of the National Geographic Society. He was inducted in 2006.
His generosities have also been recognized by the United States Olympic Boxing Teams in Training Techniques & Defensive Strategies.
Murillo said, “There is no better training out there, than a full boxing workout.”
News 4 Tucson’s Paul cicala first reported on Santiago “TAMAHAWK” Murillo, the Stanford, UofA, & Pueblo High Warriors Alum, back in June of 2016, when he was involved in a horrific bicycle accident that left him paralyzed from the base of his neck for 19 excruciating hours. The accident happened while training for the Tour De Tucson. He went from a wheel chair, to a walker, to crutches, & then a walking cane.
It’s now been 4 years since that horrific day that Santiago Murillo some how survived.
“My God!,” exclaimed Murillo as he reflected on that day, “It was frightening to be quite honest with you, but I survived it.”
This is the story of his incredible, & improbable comeback from all his extensive bodily injuries & subsequent multiple surgeries to his body, mouth, & eye, along with the painful physical therapies, that at times included boxing training and dizzying altitudes of 15,500 feet above Sea level, forbidding Tucson Summer heat, & cold rainy winter foggy mornings, along with a Night Launch aboard a C-130, Sponsored by The National Geographic Science Foundation that took off from Davis Monthan Air Force Base, where he volunteered to participate, in a Science Expedition & Re-Supply Mission to naturally inhospitable Continent of Antarctica, the South Pole.
In spite of all he’s done, Murillo says his greatest accomplishments: “was teaching Mama-TAMAHAWK how to read & write in 2 languages, & get her ’85 GED’s in two languages.
“My mom raised us on waitress tips,” said Murillo, who grew up in the projects just south of downtown Tucson, “She taught me never to give up.”
Santiago TAMAHAWK Murillo defines perseverence & tenacity. “You can’t measure the heart of a volunteer,” said Murillo.
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