Patrick "Shep" Shepherd was a promising major league rookie baseball pitcher when September 11, 2001 hit. Shaken by the attacks, shep leaves behind his soul mate and newborn daughter to enlist in the armed forces. Eleven...Patrick "Shep" Shepherd was a promising major league rookie baseball pitcher when September 11, 2001 hit. Shaken by the attacks, shep leaves behind his soul mate and newborn daughter to enlist in the armed forces. Eleven years and four deployments later, shep finds himself in manhattans va hospital.