Posted on 11/06/2009 2:33:06 PM PST by Saije
A 1998 graduate of Kiel High School is among the 13 people killed Thursday when 39-year-old Major Nidal Hasan opened fire on his fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, getting ready to deploy overseas. Thirty people were wounded.
Staff Sergeant Amy Krueger was killed at Fort Hood.
The first thing the mayor of Kiel did Friday morning when he heard the news about 29-year-old Amy Krueger was to order all the flags in the city lowered to half-staff.
The mayor, who's too close to the Krueger family to speak on-camera, told us he feels overwhelmed and he still can't believe Amy Krueger was killed.
"She enjoyed being in the military and was proud of it," family friend Paul Schweitzer said.
We're told at 29 years old, Amy was wise behind her years. Joining the military was something she considered, but it wasn't until after the September 11 terrorist attacks that she enlisted.
A mental health specialist, she helped other soldiers deal with combat stress.
She had arrived at Fort Hood just this past Tuesday and was killed while preparing for her second deployment to Afghanistan.
"She was actually kind of excited. She said, 'I'm a little worried but I'm excited at the same time.' She said she didn't know exactly how she felt but she was excited about it," Schweitzer said.
Friends and the Kiel High School principal tell us Amy just loved life.
"Amy was just a very good kid," principal Dario Talerico recalled. "She was always happy, had a lot of friends, and had some friends she stayed close with."
Those friends were gathering Friday afternoon at Amy Krueger's mother's house, relying on one another to get through a difficult time.
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Obviously the spin talking points have been issued to the MSN by Axelrod from the heady precincts of the White House.
We need to change the language. I laugh about all the descriptions of this incident.
Words are used like shootings , killings , ( couched in terms as if the victims could shoot back.)
This happened at a med facility where there was a long cue for flu shots and other medical processing.The perpetrator calmly got to his feet , reached into his jacket, drew two pistols and calmly started walking down the rows of people , pointing his weapons and shooting them calmly, point blank, in cold blood.
This was not “shootings” This was not “killings.” This was genocidal execution. These human beings were dispatched as if they were animals.One woman was 6 months pregnant.
TIME TO TELL THE TRUTH. GENOCIDAL EXECUTION is what this was.
The same sort that happened in Kenya , courtesy of Obama’s tinkering there, in 2007.
OBAMA’S FAULT!!!!!!!
THIS WAS AN ACT OF RELIGIOUS GENOCIDE.
THIS WAS A WAR CRIME.
This was another mass murder in a “Gun Free Zone.”
God Bless her and her family.
She is from my state. I heard about her death this morning on local radio. We happened to be driving by an ROTC building with it’s American flag at half staff at that time...so very sad. Her poor family. I can’t imagine the depth of sorrow they’re feeling.
What state are you in?
Wisconsin. We lost 2 soldiers from Wisconsin yesterday.
So useless and sad.
Sad Wisconsin ping.
Thanks, Jellybean. This has been all over the news today. So young and taken too soon!
Prayers up. And I will admit I was crying when the local anchor read the list of the dead on the news tonight.
And then I got p*ssed. Nearly as p*ssed as I was on 9/11.
Wake Up, Sheeple! The ENEMY is within the walls...and has been for way too long already!
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