Kim Munley Thank You Fund

[Freebird]

Russell,

I took the "Sticky" off of this for now. We can put it back at some point if you decide to proceed.

[Black Owl]

Based on additional inforation received, I have cancelled this project and refunded all donations receied.

 

Thanks so much to all who stepped forward to participation in this project.

 

Russell:15_8_211[1]:

[dingy]

Irregardless of the discrepancies in the initial reporting or the wishes of the second civilian officer involved, this woman was brave enough to run towards hostile weapons fire. Her actions at Fort Hood should not be tarnished.

 

Is it possible that while this woman was engaging the shooter and being shot multiple times, that the second officer was able to approach the gunman while he was reloading and incapacitate him.

 

Below is a link detailing accounts of second officers involvement. This was published 11/12/2009

 

 

http://www.texastakeover.com/world-news/6536-second-officer-gives-account-shooting-ft-hood.html

 

 

Gary

Edited November 25, 2009 by dingy
fixed link

[slick97spirit]

ANYONE running toward a nut case like that with the intention of stopping him or helping others is a hero in my book. From what I hear there were many heroes that day. Reportedly, many of the service men and women were tearing their camos off to use as bandages. And that was prior to the perp being taken out.

[RandyR]

I've yet to see a comprehensive write up of the situation.

 

A BBC short story indicated there was over an hour elapsed between the time Hasan started shooting people and he was shot by law enforcement. That conflicts with the 5-10 minutes that the base commander stated had elapsed.

[LilBeaver]

Unfortunately (or I suppose fortunately - in some cases) in situations like this, the only people that have the best chance of knowing the whole story are ONLY the folks that are investigating it.

 

I have been involved in a few major incidents with the PD I used to work for, albeit nothing of this scale, and after all of the reports were submitted and the cases were closed - I was astonished at how the local media spun each of the stories into something that painted a picture of the situation that was far from being accurate.

 

As others have stated, I do not care if she was the one that landed the final action that stopped the threat or if she was someone that corralled people to safety. ANYone involved (on the 'good' side) in situations like this are true heroes in my book.

 

And of course, everyone currently serving or have served in our military; Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, National Guard, Coast Guard, the reserves, (my apologies if I left any one out); are heroes too. If it weren't for them working so hard to protect this wonderful country, who knows where we would be today.

 

[Jerry W]

Oops, I sent money before I read all the posts. I didn't realize you had cancelled the project. She deserves the help.

[Gray Ghost]

A BBC short story indicated there was over an hour elapsed between the time Hasan started shooting people and he was shot by law enforcement.

 

I didn't see the BBC story, but common sense tells me that it couldn't have been an hour. The number of casualties was terrible, but if he had had an hour in that building without armed resistance, there would have been a lot more dead and wounded.