Sam Brownback pays tribute to Manute Bol on the Senate floor

U.S. Sen. and Kansas gubernatorial candidate Sam Brownback paid tribute to Olathe resident, retired NBA player and really tall humanitarian Manute Bol on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday.

Bol died at age 47 on Saturday from a “broad range of complications,” including acute kidney failure, liver damage and Stevens-Johnson

Syndrome.