Ft. Hood disaster

[bradrhale]

Please everyone take a moment to remember those and pray for their families in this trying time. It is a serious thing that has happened and regret that the world has evolved into a place where this can happen. Such like this affects us all, some more than others. If you have family or friends, our thoughts are with you.

[hotrodpc]

You're absolutley right Brad. I know I make jokes and fun of all you Texans and out numbering the rest of us, but its just that. Good fun. At times like this, its not Texans vs anyone. It all of us, and even more so for the families who have lost loved ones. Condolences from OKC, OK.

[mudseeker]

it's always a sad day when one of our own is taken from us due to "friendly" fire on our own soil. i guess the news said the guy just didn't want to go on another tour overseas.

[wild bill]

it's a real kick in the teeth when one of our own does some thing like this ,all our prayer's are with the Friends, family's and the injured and the deceased .we are all Americans and Texans especially in time's like these ,

[hotrodpc]

Originally Posted by wild bill

it's a real kick in the teeth when one of our own does some thing like this ,all our prayer's are with the Friends, family's and the injured and the deceased .we are all Americans and Texans especially in time's like these ,

Not 100% sure I call this guy one of our own. Although he was born and raised here, so technically he is. And certainly supposed to be on our side. I find no mercy on the guy whatsoever. He was a head Dr. himself, and if had issues going on in his head, he knew better. I just find it sad, we are giving the guy medical attention. Sometimes Americans are to humane. He was not humane in what he did, so I don't think he deserves any humanity. I won't even suggest what I would have done, had I been the one to approach the guy to give medical attention. I avoid violence when I can, but lets just say it would include a salt shaker and some saliva. I was 5 1/2 miles away from the Murrah building when that incident happened. I lost friends and neighbors in that incident, my mother lost close friends, my brother lost several co workers and was about 20 minutes from being in that building himself. I went to several funerals, visited several people in the hospital. The company I worked for at the time, had donated damaged but working refrigerators on site to store blood and others to store for food for the rescue workers. Me and one other of my employees were the ones who delivered those the next morning. It was not a pretty site, and I was alot more close and personal to that situation than I cared to be. My brother it still to this day, emotionally and mentally messed up because of it, and pretty much ended his military career. As an Army recruiter at the time, he had to identify remains of coworkers as well as collect any personal affects of the victims and return them, and notify loved ones of the deceased. Again, another situation, where, T, McVeigh was one of our own. But, when I say I feel the pain, Ft. Hood is feeling today, really, I feel their pain, just as the 911 situaiton. Things like this happen in other places, it reignites some of those emotions of our own incident that happened April 19, 95.

[bradrhale]

some of the wifes people were in there when that went down. she called up to let everyone know that they were ok but that was about it. they have the base completely shut down.
i guess the shooter is going to make it through. got a great punishment for him when he gets out.

[hotrodpc]

Originally Posted by bradrhale

some of the wifes people were in there when that went down. she called up to let everyone know that they were ok but that was about it. they have the base completely shut down.
i guess the shooter is going to make it through. got a great punishment for him when he gets out.

My daughter called yesterday to let me know she about went to jail for sitting on her front porch smoking her last cigarette, that MP yelled and screamed at her that everyone was to be inside or be arrested. Dyess, AFB was on lockdown for the bigger part the afternoon and evening too in Abilene, TX yesterday. Bad part is, she just a few days from giving birth, and was watching a little baby since 6 AM that day, mom was supposed to pick up the baby at 3pm and couldn't, so my daughter was stuck with her daughter, someone else's infant, no smokes having an anxiety attack and prego. Her husband could not come home from work, as he was locked down in his warehouse on base too. Absolutely no movement on the base except for MP racing around the base looking for any possible terroist bad guys. I talked to her about 8pm and she said the lockdown was called off a few minutes ago and base was considered safe and secure. Sad to say, I never worry about my daughter and SIL living on base. I know they are safe as long as they are there. So now I wonder. . Are they really safe on base?

[Crmzendrgone]

Sorry was to busy swimming in my fish bowl to notice had to google it. My prays are with the family and friends. That's crazy.

[Steve g.]

My condolences to the families also, I know how they feel as well, we lost someone in our church when the towers went down on 9/11... my dad was in the empire state building when it happened and my sister (a teacher) watched the towers go down with her whole class. My current boss was in the towers when they were hit, he got out safely.

[hotrodpc]

And then it always seems you get some other fruit loop that decides he likes the media attention the event gets and he goes and does something just as stupid because he is having a bad day and was treated unfairly, or felt he was treated unfarily in the past. I am reffering to the Orlando incident today. My kids wonder why I worry about them so much. Where are you safe these days? Shopping malls? NO !, Shcool? NO !, College or University? NO !, Work? NO !, Church, NO !, Military Base? NO ! Can't even go mail a letter at the Post Office and feel 100% safe. If I had taken out a few lives everytime I felt like I was treated unfarily, I am not so sure there would be anyone left on the planet. I think all of us get treated unfairly at times but it certianly does not mean you have the right to take out innocent people to make your statement.