US Victims - Ft Hood shooting victims, candlelight vigil, Army spox, relatives
NAME: US VICTIMS 20091107Ix
TAPE: EF09/1045
IN_TIME: 10:34:23:19
DURATION: 00:03:17:02
SOURCES: AP TELEVISION/AP PHOTOS/ABC
DATELINE: Various - 6 Nov 2009
RESTRICTIONS: See Shotlist
SHOTLIST:
AP Television
Fort Hood, Texas - 6 November 2009
1. Candlelit vigil
2. Close up, woman holding baby and candle
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Specialist Robert Stewart, US Army:
"When we're in Iraq or any other country, stuff like this is almost expected to happen, but here at home, it's like somebody tore all our hearts out and stomped on them."
4. Soldiers holding candles
5. Close up, soldier
6. SOUNDBITE (English) First Lieutenant Simmons, US Army:
"All of us wear this uniform. All of us are indirectly or directly touched by what happened, and just a lot of camaraderie and understanding that we're all part of one big family, one big family, one fight."
7. Close up candle
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Fort Hood, Texas - 6 November 2009
8. Fort Hood deputy commander Colonel John Rossi walking to podium, zoom in
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Colonel John Rossi, Fort Hood Deputy Commander:
"Today we conducted a moving departure ceremony called a ramp ceremony for the dignified transfer of the remains. Thirteen flag-draped coffins departed today from our airfield for Dover, Delaware, and was witnessed by numerous soldiers and some of the dignitaries that we had visit the installation today. A truly moving ceremony."
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10. STILL of shooting victim Captain John Gaffaney
11. STILL of shooting victim Private First Class Kham Xiong
12. STILLS montage of shooting victims Specialist Jason Dean Hunt, Sergeant Amy Krueger, Private First Class Aaron Thomas Nemelka, Private First Class Michael Pearson, Russell Seager and Private Francheska Velez (with surnames under)
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Fort Hood, Texas - 6 November 2009
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Colonel John Rossi, Fort Hood Deputy Commander:
"The number of rounds fired, the indications, feedback today from the investigators were, as we asked how many rounds were fired by the suspect, indications are over a hundred rounds; hence the number of wounded."
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14. STILL of shooting victim Specialist Jason Dean Hunt in uniform, saluting
15. STILL of Hunt in cap and gown
ABC (KSWO-TV) - No access North America or Internet
Frederick, Oklahoma - 6 November, 2009
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Leila Willingham, sister of shooting victim Specialist Jason Dean Hunt:
"He said, 'I would die for your children, too', talking about my son and daughter, who adore him, but then he said, 'I would also die for a complete stranger, and he said, 'I would jump in front of a bullet for a soldier,' which is what I believe he did."
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17. STILL of shooting victim Private First Class Michael Pearson
18. STILL of Pearson
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Bolingbrook, Illinois - 6 November, 2009
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Sheryll Pearson, mother of shooting victim Private First Class Michael Pearson:
"He loved to play guitar with his father, he loved to go to the movies with his father, and when his father was working evenings we would just sit up and talk all night long. He went to school, he went to work, and he came home. He was a good boy."
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20. STILL of shooting victim Private Francheska Velez
ABC (WFLD-TV) - No access North America or Internet
Chicago, Illinois - 6 November, 2009
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Margarita Montero, aunt of shooting victim Private Francheska Velez:
"I don't think nobody should deal with this. She was only 21 years old. We're not dealing with it really good, especially her parents. That was their only child - you know, daughter; they have a son, but the only girl."
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22. STILL of shooting victim Private Francheska Velez
STORYLINE:
Visitors and families joined the servicemen and women for a candlelit vigil on Friday at on the huge US army base at Fort Hood in Texas in memory of the 13 people who died in Thursday night's shooting.
At the vigil, husbands wrapped their arms around their wives, babies cried and old men in wheelchairs bowed their heads as several hundred people gathered at a stadium on the sprawling Army post, the country's largest. It was the first gathering of the community since the killings.
One soldier soldier, First Lieutenant Anthony Simmons, said the entire army was directly or indirectly touched by Thursday's shootings.
Simmons said personnel from Fort Hood came together at the vigil in camaraderie, saying "we're all part of one big family - one family, one fight."
At a news conference late Friday, Army Colonel John Rossi, deputy commander at Fort Hood, said 23 people remained hospitalised, about half still in intensive care.
He praised the soldiers' quick actions during and after the shooting barrage, which he said saved lives.
Rossi said that the assailant fired more than 100 rounds and that his weapons were not military arms, but "privately owned weapons, purchased locally."
Law enforcement sources in Washington said records indicate Hasan in recent months bought the FN 5.7 pistol at a store called Guns Galore in Killeen, Texas.
Earlier, 13 flag-draped coffins departed for Dover Air Force Base and the military mortuary in Delaware, Rossi said.
Officials said the result of autopsies on the victims will be made available to the appropriate federal and military agencies investigating Thursday's shooting.
They will determine if any of the victims might have been hit by friendly fire, something Rossi all but dismissed.
The 30 wounded were dispersed among hospitals in central Texas. Authorities said several patients were still at "significant risk" of losing their lives.
Many of the injured, including the main suspect, army psychiatrist Major Nidal Malik Hasan, and the woman police officer who was injured in the shootout remained in hospital on Saturday, some critically injured.
Base officials said Kimberly Munley fired on the suspect just three minutes after the gunfire erupted and that her efforts ended the crisis.
Hasan, hooked up to a ventilator, was moved on Friday to a military hospital in San Antonio, Texas, while Munley awaited surgery to remove the bullets from her leg. Her husband was flying in from Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Friends and families of the dead were still trying to make sense of the shootings.
One woman said her brother had told her he would 'jump in front of a bullet' to save a soldier.
"Which is what I believe he did, " said Leila Willingham, sister of shooting victim Specialist Jason Dean Hunt.
A mother told of the son who loved to play the guitar and go to the movies with his father.
Pictures emerged of soldiers saluting, soldiers in graduation garb or in party mode.
The shooting spree began as some 300 soldiers lined up to get vaccinations and have their eyes tested at a Soldier Readiness Centre, where troops who are about to be deployed or who are returning, undergo medical screening.
Nearby, others were lining up in commencement robes for a ceremony to celebrate soldiers and families who had recently earned degrees.