Fort Hood Memorial Tribute - American Soldiers

Artist - Louis Armstrong
Song - What a Wonderful World
(Lyrics)

I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do
They're really saying I love you.

I hear babies cry, I watch them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll never know
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
Yes I think to myself what a wonderful world.

CNN) -- A soldier suspected of fatally shooting 13 and wounding 31 at Fort Hood in Texas on Thursday is not dead as previously reported by the military, the base's commander said Thursday evening.

A civilian officer who was wounded in the incident shot the suspect, who is "in custody and in stable condition," Army Lt. Gen. Robert Cone told reporters.

"Preliminary reports indicate there was a single shooter that was shot multiple times at the scene," Cone said at a news conference. "However, he was not killed as previously reported."

The suspect, identified as Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, opened fire at a military processing center at Fort Hood around 1:30 p.m., Cone said.

Hasan, 39, is a graduate of Virginia Tech and a psychiatrist licensed in Virginia who was practicing at Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood, according to military and professional records. Previously, he worked at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.



The readiness center is one of the last stops before soldiers deploy. It is also one of the first places a soldier goes upon returning to the United States.

The base reopened Thursday night after being under lockdown for more than five hours.

At a news conference earlier in the day, Cone said at least 10 of the dead were soldiers.

The shooter had two weapons, both handguns, Cone said.



In June, Fort Hood's commander, Lt. Gen. Rick Lynch, told CNN that he was trying to ease the kind of stresses soldiers face. He has pushed for soldiers working a day schedule to return home for dinner by 6 p.m., and required his personal authorization for anyone working weekends. At the time, two soldiers stationed there had committed suicide in 2009 -- a rate well below those of other posts.



A witness in a building adjacent to where the shooting happened said soldiers were cutting up their uniforms into homemade bandages as the wounded were brought into the building.

"It was total chaos," the witness said.

Cone said a graduation ceremony was being held in an auditorium just 50 meters from where the shooting took place

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[patseminar]

great tirbute, freedoms is not free, there is blood in freedoms cry.pat seminario

[Bacmaster]

@patseminar Hello Pat, I agree with you 100%. The cost of freedom is blood...

[cynthia6637]

Beautiful!

[josh19852008]

@Bacmaster Your welcome and I just wish the Armed Forces would understand this. I do not think it will ever change though and it is so sad.

[Bacmaster]

@josh19852008 I also served in the Army for 4 years. Although not stationed at Fort Hood, I've seen similar situations I'd care not to mention here. However, you are correct. This goes for everything that happened even in civilian life since Columbine.

It has all the earmarks of an explosive situtation ready to happen, and could be averted if the problem is not ignored (as you stated). Thanks Pat and Josh

[josh19852008]

@patseminar I just want to justify something. I was in the Army for 5 years and stationed at Fort Hood. I was at Fort Hood till the week before this happened. Sadly the Army is a big blaim of this cruel attack. Racism is what caused this man to hate. Racism is what brought this attack out. Considered a terrorist attack yes but still there is also a huge lesson for the armed forces to learn. Instead of ignoring this problems that can cause this they need to take care of them.

[patseminar]

freedom is not free, there is blood in freedoms' cry. my heart breaks for the fallen and thier familys. may god bring you peace and comfort if there can be any. can we call the pig who did this a terrorist, or to politicaly incorect. he was a terrorist and there are many more like him in our own country, nothing but cowards all of them.

[OLdies1960s]

A Moving Tribute to these Brave Men and Women.

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[To Bacmaster]

Sir, thank you for your beautiful video.

You wouldn't believe how deeply moved

we get, watching videos like this.

We sincerely appreciate your patriotism,

your spirited memorial, and, your taste in

music.

[nathan6190]

very nice video