Ft. Hood - The Hero the Media Purposely Ignored

defenselink.mil ^ | 11/06/2009 | U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Joy Pariante

[WaterBoard]

"Hoping to bring an end to the chaos inside the post deployment readiness center, Sgt. Kimberly Munley, an officer with Fort Hood’s Department of Emergency Services, and Senior Sgt. Mark Todd, K-9 Division, DES, moved in to the fight. According to Todd, as soon as officers pulled up to the scene, people were pointing them in the direction of the shooter.

Hasan reportedly started firing on Todd and Munley, who took cover behind a vehicle. Munley left her cover to pursue the shooter and Todd followed around the other side of the building, where the major was hiding. When Todd looked around the corner of the building, he saw Munley on the ground. She had been shot.

Hasan was hiding behind a light post and firing at people who were fleeing the scene. Todd recalls firing five shots at Hasan. The major fell. Todd then confiscated Hasan’s weapons and cuffed him. The entire exchange between Todd and the gunman lasted less than 45 seconds.

More factoids from the story:

... Todd then started helping provide lifesaving care to wounded troops who were scattered around the readiness area; both inside and outside. ...

"He was firing at people as they were trying to run and hide," Todd told The Associated Press Saturday.

That's when Todd, a retired soldier who now works as a civilian police officer at Ford Hood, said he shouted at Hasan to stop.

"I told him stop and drop your weapons, I identified myself as police and he turned and fired a couple of rounds at me. I didn't hear him say a word ... he just turned and fired."

Todd told The Associated Press Saturday that he was unsure if Munley had wounded the suspect, because "once he started firing at me, I lost track of her."

[WaterBoard]

It is interesting that several days later, the narrative about who stopped the shooting rampage by Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is still being falsely portrayed by the media and blogs despite official statements to the contrary.

[camle]

when the media went ape over the fact that it was a female cop, I smelled a rat - remember the “rescure” of Jessica Lynch?

[camle]

when the media went ape over the fact that it was a female cop, I smelled a rat - remember the “rescue” of Jessica Lynch?

[4rcane]

so the female and male cop played a role in stopping the terrorist. They’re both heroes. For the past few days the only thing I heard is that it was just the female cop

[hennie pennie]

More articles seem to be coming out all the time regarding the role of policeman Mark Todd, the partner of Sgt. Munley, in taking out Dr. Hasan -- and we do know that he did shoot at him, and we do know that he also handcuffed him.

I do NOT understand why we were told that the doctor died, that they had misidentified a dead victim as the shooter, while Dr. Hasan was in the hospital, his wounds being treated.

Fog of War Syndrome, I suppose??

[circumbendibus]

I heard Todd interviewed exclusively on Anderson Cooper 360 on Friday. This is one of the few articles in print that corroborate his version of events.

Sgt Todd and Sgt Munley both deserve National recognition for their heroism.

BTW, I read one story that said at least 2 of the four wounds in Hasan came from Munley's gun.

[brownsfan]

“Sgt Todd and Sgt Munley both deserve National recognition for their heroism.

BTW, I read one story that said at least 2 of the four wounds in Hasan came from Munley’s gun.”

I agree whole heartedly. Unfortunately, what happens is backlash to the weariness of the PC MSM. The MSM will ignore the story if the hero is a male. Especially if it’s a white male.
Sounds to me like Todd and Munley deserve equal recognition. That’s not good enough for the MSM, which salivates at the chance to once again prove women are superior to men.

[ltc8k6]

Todd’s description clearly makes Munley a hero.

Munley was wounded, and that is likely why the media was focused on her first. Being wounded got her name in the media more quickly than Todd.

[BP2]

Remember that just TWO HOURS after the Ft. Hood shooting, the FBI was saying this was NOT an act of Terrorism.

They didn’t know how many shooters were involved at that point.

They didn’t have a full accounting of all dead and injured.

Publicly, they didn't seem to even know the shooter was even alive.

But the FBI unequivocally "KNEW" that this was NOT an act of Terrorism, just two hours after the shooting.

The Islamic-sympathizing Narcissist-in-Chief must be afraid he might jeopardize his Nobel.

[Paladin2]

" the FBI was saying this was NOT an act of Terrorism."

Lieberman needs to investigate the FBI's entire complicity in this Hasan history.

[camle]

that is correct - the only cop we heard about the whole day of the event was the female. the male cop didn’t appear in the news until much later. they BOTH stopped the guy, and both should get credit.

[stop_fascism]

They would probably like her to be charged with a hate crime for interfering with a personal Jihad. Very cuturally insensitive of her.

[RGSpincich]

Things were pretty confused during and immediately after the terrorist attack. Initially, we were told that the terrorist was killed by Munley. We later found out that the dead person they thought was the terrorist was not. I pray that innocent person was not killed by friendly fire in the confusion.

[El Gato]

I heard Todd interviewed exclusively on Anderson Cooper 360 on Friday. This is one of the few articles in print that corroborate his version of events.

Since all the information in both the interview and this story come from Senior Sgt. Todd, it's not really corroboration, just repetition. That's not to say that it's not spot on, it's just not a third part corroboration. The "female officer shoots jihadie" story came out before anyone had access to Sgt. Munley, possibly before she even regained conciousness, that version was not from her point of view. Since by the time Todd started shooting, she was already hit and starting to become "out of it" she may not remember anything past her shooting at the scumbag.

But it matters not, as Todd says, they acted as a team.

[Conservative Vermont Vet]

Remember that just TWO HOURS after the Ft. Hood shooting, the FBI was saying this was NOT an act of Terrorism.

They didn’t know how many shooters were involved at that point.

They didn’t have a full accounting of all dead and injured.

Publicly, they didn't seem to even know the shooter was even alive.

But the FBI unequivocally "KNEW" that this was NOT an act of Terrorism, just two hours after the shooting.

Talk about your "red flags."

As soon as I heard this (and considering how the situation was developing and little or no information could POSSIBLY have been known) I was (as I am sure many other were) suspicious about the identity and facts behind attack.

I am convinced that based upon previous incidents that the Federal Bureau of Incompetence (especially when considering how they have been co-opted by CAIR and under the new Fascist, Marxist Administration) that their "Default" position is the one they take/took whenever a Moozie is involved in any incident, less they "offend" someone.

More telling is from news I've heard that the DHS is not even involved in investigation.

O'Bozzo's lap dog, clueless Napolitano is probably too busy investigating little old ladies from tea party protests and returning vets who she perceives as "threats."

Welcome to 1984 deja vus all over again!!!

[FourPeas]

Sad, but not surprised. Trust and media are two words that no longer go together.

[carjic]

Unless of course the woman is Sarah Palin.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

According to the article, Todd saw that Munley had been wounded and was down, yet, after he cuffed the downed jihadist he immediately started helping the other wounded but not Munley. What’s up with that?

[MortMan]

Pssibily triage-related, or could be that Munley ordered him to do so (if she was alert), or even because the others were closest to him at the time.

He was doing his job, and I’m disinclined to worry about the prioritization (given that he was treating victims, and not the perp).

[rwa265]

“According to the article, Todd saw that Munley had been wounded and was down, yet, after he cuffed the downed jihadist he immediately started helping the other wounded but not Munley. What’s up with that?”

Somebody probably was assisting Munley by the time Todd cuffed the perp.