Thursday, November 05, 2009

Tragedy At Fort Hood Leaves 12 Dead, 31 Wounded



Right now I'm numb. Until recently, Fort Hood had been my home for the past 4 years. I have friends and former co-workers there, who are my family and it angers and saddens me that this has happened. I worked there as a Victim Advocate for 3 years and am very familiar with where this senseless tragedy took place. Right now, details are very sketchy about what took place, the motive behind shootings and even how many gunmen were involved. Instead of speculating and perhaps stating something false, I won't go into details until I am able to get better information. There has been more than enough speculation and twisting of facts online and in the media. I won't add to that. What I do know, is that one shooter has been identified as 39 year old Major Nidal Malik Hasan, who is a psychiatrist and a soldier and had recently moved to Fort Hood, after serving several years at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He was shot and wounded and is currently in stable condition and under heavy guard by Army CID agents.

4 comments:

Flag Gazer said...

I am as stunned this morning as I was yesterday...

Prayers for all affected by this horrid event.

Terri said...

Me too. Words just can't express the emotions that are going through my mind at the moment. Such a senseless, horrific tragedy.

Buck said...

I'll repeat what I said over at Blog-Bud Moogie's place:

"I was just incredulous when I first heard the shooter was an Army major. My first thought was "no... that can't be. They're wrong." They weren't, unfortunately. The mind boggles... I just can't quite grasp reality as yet."

Sarge Charlie said...

this was a sad day for America, to me it is pure and simple, 9/11/01 moved to Ft Hood, by any other name we and our government is in denial.