Fort Hood first responders remained calm amid chaos

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"As soon as we got there, it was game on, and then that's when it escalated, and we did what we had to do," he told CNN's "Anderson Cooper."

"I yelled at him, 'Stop! Drop the weapon!' And that's when he raised his weapon and fired a couple of shots at me."

Todd said he and Munley both took cover and as Hasan walked around one side of the building, he went around the other. "That's when I saw him again. I told him to drop his weapon and he fired a couple more rounds. He fell, I went up and secured his weapon."

As soon as his weapon had been taken away, medics appeared, Todd said.

"It was like instantaneous," he said. "We started life-saving measures to keep him alive as well."

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/07/texas.fort.hood.fir...
more interviews with service people that were there.

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1. We live...

in Killeen but are not military still that means nothing in a city like ours. Our neighbors, friends work or used to work on Ft. Hood. Many we know and care about have retired from the military. The Army is like the Texas heat here, always around. This town is very resilient but we are shaking our heads and wondering who this person was that walked among us. Did any of us stand next to him at the grocery store or at Wal-Mart, sit in a theater or drink coffee at Starbucks? Haunting thoughts!

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2. Quite a different perspective than the NY Times report.

CNN (above): Mark Todd was one of two civilian police sergeants credited with helping take down Hasan. He and partner Kimberly Munley pulled up outside the building where the shooting was occurring at the same time, and Todd saw the shooter standing outside -- about 15 yards away. He appeared calm.

"As soon as we got there, it was game on, and then that's when it escalated, and we did what we had to do," he told CNN's "Anderson Cooper."

"I yelled at him, 'Stop! Drop the weapon!' And that's when he raised his weapon and fired a couple of shots at me."

Todd said he and Munley both took cover and as Hasan walked around one side of the building, he went around the other. "That's when I saw him again. I told him to drop his weapon and he fired a couple more rounds. He fell, I went up and secured his weapon."

N Y Times: Sergeant Munley bolted from her car and shot at Major Hasan. He turned toward her and began to fire. She ran toward him, continuing to fire, and both she and the gunmen went down with several bullet wounds, Mr. Medley said.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

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3. like that movie "Vantage Point"

in a chaotic event you get different pieces of the story from each person that has to be pieced together.