Fort Victims Had Different Reasons For Enlisting [Their Shattered Dreams]

AP Report ^ | November 06th, 2009

[Steelfish]

Fort Victims Had Different Reasons For Enlisting

AP – Jose Rodriguez holds a photo of his granddaughter Francheska Velez in Chicago, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. …

CARYN ROUSSEAU and ROBERT IMRIE

The 13 people killed when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, included a pregnant woman who was preparing to return home, a man who quit a furniture company job to join the military about a year ago, a newlywed who had served in Iraq and a woman who had vowed to take on Osama bin Laden after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Here is a look at some of the victims. ___ Francheska Velez Velez, 21, of Chicago, was pregnant and preparing to return home. A friend of Velez's, Sasha Ramos, described her as a fun-loving person who wrote poetry and loved dancing. "She was like my sister," Ramos, 21, said. "She was the most fun and happy person you could know. She never did anything wrong to anybody." Family members said Velez had recently returned from deployment in Iraq and had sought a lifelong career in the Army.

"She was a very happy girl and sweet," said her father, Juan Guillermo Velez, his eyes red from crying. "She had the spirit of a child."

[Palladin]

It’s haed to read this article without choking up.

All good, patriotic kids, doing their duty.

Hasan must pay, and heads must roll in the upper command that allowed this America-hating bastard to ever put on a uniform.

[PreciousLiberty]

Is anyone clear on whether or not the unborn child is being counted as one of the “thirteen dead”?

I’ve not seen that spelled out in a single story I’ve read on this crime.