7 Dead, more than 20 wounded. 3 shooters?
At least seven people have been killed and at least 12 wounded in a mass shooting at a Texas military base by what officials believe was carried out by two gunmen.
Fort Hood shooting, map.
Seven soldiers are reported to be dead and at least 12 wounded in a shooting at Fort Hood, Texas.One gunman is reported to be in custody and a search is on for a second shooter, officials said.
The shooting took place at Fort Hood in Texas, the largest U.S. military installation in the world.
The massacre is said to have taken place at a soldier readiness processiong center where young recruits would be taken to be inducted into the military.
Latest report I’m hearing is on a 3rd shooter.
Not much time to blog, so readers are welcomed to build upon this thread (other authors feel free to update and build up this post).
UPDATE @ 2:20pm PST
Check the comments below for realtime updates but the latest is that the shooter is Major Malik Nadal Hasan… a Muslim. 12 dead
Twelve people have been killed and 31 wounded in a shooting spree at a Texas military base by what officials believe was possibly carried out by an Army officer.
The suspected gunman was identified as Major Malik Nadal Hasan. He was killed and two other suspects have been apprehended, Lt. Robert W. Cone said.
The gunman used two handguns, Cone said. He wasn’t sure if the shooter reloaded the weapons during the attack.
UPDATE @ 2:35pm PST
Check out Obama giving shout-outs prior to addressing the shooting…..unbelievable:
UPDATE @ 2:55pm PST
The suspected gunman in the Fort Hood shooting has been identified as Major Malik Nadal Hasan. He was killed and two other suspects have been apprehended, according to Army Spokesman Lt. Robert W. Cone.
There are unconfirmed reports that Major Hasan was a convert to Islam and originally from Virginia. He was reportedly scheduled to deploy to either Iraq or Afghanistan and was unhappy about it.
Then what about the other two suspects? One individual going nuts this does not sound like.
Cheering at the death of our soldiers?
UPDATE @ 3:10pm PST
A defense official speaking on condition of anonymity to the AP says Hasan was a mental health professional — an Army psychologist or psychiatrist.
You know when it’ll be perfectly PC to speculate about Hasan? When cops find one of Glenn Beck’s books on his bookshelf
UPDATE @ 3:20pm PST
Metroplex Adventist Hospital received seven of the victims. One was under distress in route to the hospital and was later pronounced dead. Two are currently in surgery, one of which is an EMS paramedic. Four have been stabilized. Two were transferred to Scott & White Memorial Hospital in Temple and two have been transferred to Seton in Round Rock.
Another possible Hasan.
UPDATE @ 3:35pm PST
Source tells Air Force Times that Hasan was a psychiatrist recently reassigned from Walter Reed to Darnall Army Medical Center @Fort Hood.
News Channel 25′s Natasha Chen has learned the suspected shooter Maj. Malik Hasan had “Allah” keyed into his car last week. He reported it as a hate crime.
per Drudge:
UPDATE @ 3:45pm PST
The general said there were “eyewitness accounts of more than one shooter,” and the others were tracked to an adjacent facility.
UPDATE @ 4:00pm PST
From This ain’t Hell, his ORB:
UPDATE @ 2:00am PST, 11/06/09
This appears to be his blog, according to CNN
FORT HOOD (November 5, 2009)-Army officials have confirmed a mass shooting on Fort Hood.
The shooting started at about 1:30 p.m., according to a military statement, reportedly in the Sports Dome, which now serves as a center for soldiers and families preparing for deployment.
The Associated Press reports that seven are dead and 15 more are injured, but other reports place the number of injured as low as 12 and as high as 20.
A military statement confirmed seven dead and 20 injured.
Military spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Banks said two shooters were evidently involved, but said there is no word yet on who they were, or on identities of the dead.
Banks says the second incident took place at a theater on the sprawling base.”
http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/69305427.html
Curt, Fox is now saying 9 dead and 27 wounded. (MSNBC says 30 wounded, so don’t know).
The FBI said they don’t believe it is terrorism related, but TWO or THREE shooters?
That stretches credibility.
Per LTG Cone the shooters were Military, 12 dead
One cop is dead also…..primary shooter dead, military officer with possible Arabic sounding name
According to officials, a soldier carrying two handguns opened fire at about 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Soldier Readiness Center at the post in Killeen, Texas.
“It would be an environment that would be very susceptible to casualties or injuries,” Killeen City Manager Connie Green said.
Officials said the gunman was shot and killed after quick response from security officers.
At least two other soldiers were taken into custody.
Army personnel said a civilian police officer was among the deceased. At least six of the wounded were military.
“We’re praying that those who are injured … are not seriously injured,” Green said.
The Fort Hood public affairs spokesman said the Army has set up a special operations center to handle the response.
The official base Web site posted a message that it is on lock down and in an emergency situation. It also urged people to stay indoors.
Nine schools on the base — seven elementary and two middle — are included in the lock down.
http://www.myfoxdfw.com/dpp/news/multiple_casualties_at_fort_hood
MALIK HASSAN SP? is the primary shooter.
ABC is reporting that he’s a Muslim convert who had some business or connection to the base hospital.
My prayers are with all our brave service personnel and their families. What a tragic turn of events. This should bolster Janet Napolitono in her quest to defame our servicemen and women and call them terrorists. What a damn shame!
I am proud of all those who have served and who are currently serving. God bless you!
Madalyn
The first reports are quite often not accurate. If this happened on post at Ft. Hood the Newsies will not get a full accounting quickly. It could be possibly terrorist or Islamic Fundie related. The Army CID, FBI and Military Police will be doing the investigation and a full account may be slow in release to the Media. Casualties in large numbers may be sent to Hospitals in Killeen, TX.
Two or Three shooters? Ft. Hood is going to be turned inside out, If Soldiers were shooters the Soldiers Units will be locked down until the full extent of facts are obtained. Lets hold your horses until the Public Information Officer gets the full rundown.
This is tragic and whoever did the shooting will be caught and if Military, will be subject to some very harsh UCMJ action. Ft. Hood is NOT an Open Post. You can’t just drive up to the gate and cruise the Post. It is also a Mobilization Station for those being deployed.
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Fox news is reporting that the shooter/s are Muslim and had protested their pending deployment to Afghanistan. If this is true, our military is in trouble.
My uncle fought was an immigrant from Italy and fought for our country in WW2. He fought in Italy. What ever happened to patriotism? God help us, all!
As a former member of the 1st CAV, 15th Med Bn, Vietnam, my heart goes out to the 1st CAV families so afflicted by this tragic event. I know for real the stress of deployment, and certain a massacre of this nature has to be devasting.
Cnn was talking about Gang members in the army and how would they be able to join the army not 15min ago.
I just ETS’ed from Fort Hood in Oct(For some of you that don’t know what ETS is..it means my military army contract ended). If you been on FT Hood for more than a month then you know for a FACT that Ft Hood is pretty open! The security sucks..I got on base with an expired military sticker(on my car) and my Driver’s license LAST WEEK to get my new military ID for enlisting into the Army Reserves…The gate guards suck..they’re just greeters! My Mother in law’s friend lives on base..he’s doesn’t work there(he lives on base with relatives) ..He doesn’t have a military sticker or a Military ID AND he still gets pass the gates everyday he goes out. PLUS there’s days where the base IS FULLY open to the public like LAST 4 of July..and I believe there’s another date coming up.
NOW…I am not giving info..but I am telling facts! But those facst won’t matter when it comes to OPSEC because after today..all security protocols are going to chance PERIOD!
Funny thing was..I was in the Readiness center last week to get my new military ID….luckily I didn’t wait on it.
I have no idea WHY the media said it happened at the Hoztos(however you spell it) theater when it only happened in one specific area.
But I hope no one I know is among the victims…and I wish for the families of the victims to get pass this quickly and give them my blessings!
My husband is there, he is getting ready to deploy as well. How do we find out who is safe? Or when will they let them call their families?!
CNN is talking about gang members? Leftwing a**holes! They know damn well it was a muslim or muslims behind this.
They will do anything to protect their “chosen” minorities.
Jenn…check out the Red Cross site, may help
https://disastersafe.redcross.org/default.aspx
@Jenn Hunt: @Jenn Hunt:
Well if your hubby got a celly(cell phone) then you might wanna text him OR call him. You can also call his unit to see if he’s accounted for. EVERY SINGLE UNIT on Fort Hood is Required to account for every soldier in this kind of situation. You might also think about calling any friends in his unit.
Hope I helped!
@Hard Right:
How would you know if it’s Muslims behind…what?..based on his name?
If his name was “Jackson” or “Smith”..then would you say “ooh it’s those blacks behind it!”
Get your facts and speculations right before you feel busted please….
@JBentley:
It’s being reported now that the suspected shooter (who was shot and killed) was indeed a convert to Islam.
I have not found any details regarding the other two shooters.
If I’m not mistaken, in WWII, Japanese-Americans were not deployed to the Pacific, but German-Americans were deployed to Europe. Have there been any previous incidents of terrorism or sabotage by US military with Islamic connections?
…Why is it that many soldiers get killed by other soldiers in Iraq ON PURPOSE never get on the news….But once it happens here…it gets reported all day long?
5 soldiers could get killed in Iraq in a tent by another soldier and it gets only 2 minutes airtime…but why is it NOW that the news pays attention to it? For more viewers?..For more money?
It’s a shame that soldiers overseas in the sandbox(Iraq) get less attention then soldiers at home…..all soldiers are equal….and all news channels treat them as not equal.
Gee Thanks Media….
No one really knows the story there yet but KIA is up to 12. Here is my take: 1 shooter the christian who converted to muslim, psychiatrist who was being deployed to Iraq and had “issues”
@Jenn Hunt:
Jenn,
RedCross.org has put up a list for military personnel to list themselves as safe.
@openid.aol.com/runnswim:
Larry,
I recall the one incident in which the soldier tossed a grenade under the side of a tent, killing several of his fellow soldiers.
I cannot recall, at this moment, if that soldier was Muslim or not.
Let’s not worry about gays in the military. Let’s worry about Muslims in the military.
@openid.aol.com/runnswim:
Yes a few years ago in Kuwait a U.S. Army soldier who was muslim rolled a grenade into a tent and killed two officers and wounded several others.And as far as soldiers of Japanese decent not being deployed to the Pacific during WWII it was more out of concern about confusion on the battlefield and their own safety than it was about loyalty.
@JBently
You said:
:
“How would you know if it’s Muslims behind…what?..based on his name?
If his name was “Jackson” or “Smith”..then would you say “ooh it’s those blacks behind it!”
Get your facts and speculations right before you feel busted please….”
It’s really quite simple, JBently. The “soldier” who murdered the soldier goes by the name of
Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan. I’m sure if you think really hard on it, you will surmise as others have. That being, HE IS/WAS A MUSLIM! I’m sorry if this FACT conflicts with your LIPTARD misconceptions!
This is a very sad day, and prayers go out for the injured, the lost lives and all their families.
@Scary Times:
Well you can say he is Muslim…but you can’t say..”Oh those Muslims! Always out to get us and destroy America!”
This guy (read close) REPRESENTS himself..and no one else!
I have already looked on that Red Cross website, repeatedly.
I have been calling him and texting him, and trying to get ahold of anyone I can and no one is answering!
I don’t know the info on what unit he is in, I figured I wouldn’t need it while I am here. I am supposed to be moving there in a couple weeks. We just found out yesterday they are deploying him next month.
Indeed Mooseburger, we should keep them all in our prayers. They did not deserve to die this way. Only a coward can do such a thing.
God Bless them all.
How did you get his ORB? THat’s pretty private information. I’m kind of concerned that it’s posted so soon (and at all).
oh please, get a life! There are bigger worries right now! People are always worried about dumb shit and then overlook the important things!
There are families worried to death out there and someone needs to tell them wtf is going on!
is there any official word of how many shooters…I hear 3 then I hear just one (and they released two people) and then i hear they are still looking for two people….confused.
Prayers and sympathies to the Army, Ft. Hood, Killeen, Greater Texas… America. This is horribly tragic and shocking.
Kudos to Fox News for good coverage ( even all their reporters and Shep are constantly referring to it and other Army installations as a “post”… something us Army vets pick up on.)
I’m really saddened this evening as I know most everyone is. God’s speed to the wounded and may God comfort those grieving murdered loved ones at Fort Hood. This is so very sad.
It appears to be the act of a true coward. May his soul burn in eternal hell for this…
and yes… I’m very angry tonight. This shouldn’t have happened.
@mandalis:
It’s tough to sort it all out with something like this.
One of the shooters (Nidal) was shot and killed by a civilian policeman. That policeman was hit in the ensuing shoot out and later died as well.
According to Fox as well as two other sources I have found the other two suspects have NOT been released. They are being held and are undergoing questioning.
The shootings took place in a coordinated fashion through multiple (I’ve read up to six) buildings throughout the base. It would be virtually impossible for a single individual to carry out such a wide ranging attack over such a short period of time.
So anyone else talk to their loved ones there? I have heard of several people talking to people on base but still can’t get ahold of hubby.
Atlas has the most current info here:
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/
That is the home page link. Right now the story is at the top of the page.
Here’s an excerpt:
He was not a convert. He is a devout Muslim who joined the army with a purpose.
7:16 pm UPDATE: Malik Nadal Hasan, the jihadi that led the attack on Fort Hood, was quoted as saying “Muslims have the right to rise up against the US military” “The Malik Nadal Hasan Muslims have a right to stand up against the aggressors” “maybe we should have more of these where people strap bombs on themselves and go into Times Square” – this according to Col Terry Lee who worked with Muslim convert.
Hubby’s family just called and they talked to someone on base and they said he is not on the list of wounded or dead, so thank God!
@Jenn Hunt:
Is your husband’s name James?I am so glad to hear that he is OK.
According to Ret. Col. Terry Lee, a former co-worker:
Roll the tape:
This is what we can expect a lot more of because we willfully insist that izlam is just like any other religion (which it is NOT). Our willful blindness will cause us to suffer a lot more incidents just like this, many much worse, because we insist that the snake that we insist on embracing is not poisonous. Hug the snake, but don’t be surprised when he bites and you wake up dead.
The left is already trying to spin it as him snapping from the stress of counciling war vets. That way they can put an anti-war slant on it before the bodies are even cold. Lousy @#$%^’s
BTW Jbentley, I could care less what you think. Multiple news agencies were reporting he was a muslim, that there were multiple shooters, and NOWHERE did I attack all muslims so stuff the PC BS.
@Jen H.
I called and spoke with my nephew about 2:15pm today as this was all unfolding. ( He’s at stationed at Fort Hood ) He said they were on lock-down and all ok on another part of the post and they really didn’t know what was going on except the post was on alert and locked down.
I’m glad you were able to check on your husband. Hopefully he’ll call you soon, no? Very tragic.
@Aye Chihuahua: I believe he was a black Muslim convert.
Still no word from the hubby.
I am hoping everything is ok.
Jenn, I thought I had read that relatives had heard from your husband. I must be in error.
PLEASE let us know that he is safe and sound. And hang in there. I’m sure that he is in the middle of organized chaos. And I heard that the lines into the area were tied up big time with relatives, like you, trying to confirm their loved ones were safe.
Just got home from work and am trying to catch up on everything.
Jenn,
Do keep us posted when you hear from your husband. Everyone there is in our thoughts and prayers.
He was killed, no hearing from him
@Jenn Hunt:
Has this been confirmed? Has the Army or the Red Cross provided notification? I hope there has been a mistake made on notification.
Jenn… I hope this is just emotions and nerves speaking, and you haven’t received a phone call. I join with tfhr in hoping this is a mistake, or an assumption reached erroneously. Don’t leave us, girl…. we’re here.
Jenn, Curt linked the “safe and well” site above…. I’m going to link it again for you
https://disastersafe.redcross.org/safeandWellSearch.aspx
Also, in the FAQs section, they have a Contact Loved Ones website as well as an 800 number:
If you have not heard from your husband, but also haven’t had a call from anyone notifying you, do not give up hope. As I said, they are still under lock down, and the emergency lines are flooded. Try these channels, and don’t forget to keep us up on what’s doing with your family.
Prayers, hopes and love sent your way.
They don’t call, they come to your house. I know because they just left. I wish it weren’t true, still hasn’t sank in.
Jenn, I just don’t know what to say except I wish this were all a nightmare from which you would awaken tomorrow. Your loss is of such magnitude even were it to happen when your husband was overseas on the battlefield. But this one?
The “mommy” instincts in me just want to be able to hold you tight and say it’s all going to be alright. But we both know that tomorrow morning is going to be very different than this morning for you and your families.
My heart goes out to you. And I wish you extraordinary inner strength in this time.
Hopefully you have family and friends close by. My sympathies to you.
We are newly married, I was supposed to be moving to Killeen in a couple weeks once I finished school. All my plans for the future relied on him, we were buying a house and I was looking into another school to attend. My entire world is crashing down around me and there is not a damn thing I can do about it.
@Jenn
Words won’t help. Nor even will shared feelings. Even though they won’t help, the feelings — for you — are there. I am so sorry.
- Larry Weisenthal/Huntington Beach, California
Thank you to everyone, it still hasn’t completely hit me yet, so I am kinda worried that when it does I might completely go crazy
I am very sorry to hear what happened, Jenn. The people of this site will be here for you.
Jenn, we are all so very sorry that this has happened to you and the others who have suffered such losses this past day.
You must remember that your husband died doing his duty, being where he was supposed to be, doing what he was assigned to do. You will honor him, and continue to love him, by remaining true to what the two of you believed in together. You will need to reassess your plans in the light of these new events, but remember that as you go on in this life, do it in a way to honor and respect the beginning your made with this fine man.
May he rest in peace, and let light perpetual shine upon him. Amen.
Jenn, I am so sorry for your loss. May God bless you and give you strength during this difficult time. May God bless your husband also. I would like to thank him for his service to this country. Words are so inadequate at a time like this. My heart breaks for you. God Bless.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D9BQ6A2G2.html
Jenn, my deepest regrets on your and on our County’s loss, my families prayers are with you, as are the whole nations prayers.
Jenn,
I am so sorry for the loss of your beloved husband. I am grateful for his service to our country and my heart breaks at news of his senseless murder.
Our thoughts and prayers are with you and with the other families who have lost their loved ones, yesterday.
Jenn,
There are no words to make this easier for you and your family.
Please know that our thoughts and prayers are with you and with the others who lost loved ones yesterday.
May God provide you with comfort during this difficult time.
Jenn, my deepest sympathies to you in the loss of Jason, our hearts are heavy for your loss. May God give you strength to face your days ahead.
@openid.aol.com/runnswim:
Larry, thank you for posting the link. Things like this shouldn’t happen to our young people starting their lives together, full of hope, both taking on the responsibility of serving our country. This link might provide a way of sending our condolences directly to Jenn and JD’s family.
Jenn,
Please accept our concolences for the loss of your husband. I am praying for you and your entire family. May the Lord, Jesus, comfort you and bring to you peace and hope. God bless you, Jenn!
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT CALL HIM J.D., HE HATED THAT! His family never listened when he told them, but he really disliked it.
Thank you to all.
His family is also going behind my back doing news stories. I am supposed to give the go ahead on those, which I have not. I am not ready, so hopefully they will realize the damage they are doing and stop.
@Jenn Hunt:
Thank you for letting me know, I understand, my husband’s family used his middle name, he also hated that.
It is not unusual for in-laws to travel on a different path, you are all grieving now and it would be hard to predict or appreciate what’s going to happen in such a painful time. I sincerely hope all will work out for the best. Do what you know is right for Jason.
Stay strong Jenn, keep in touch, we are all here for you and may God be with you.
His family is being awful to me. Telling me that we were only married for 2 months so I don’t matter. They are telling me things that Jason supposedly said to them but I know Jason wouldn’t say that…
I don’t know how much more I can take! They act like they have more right to grieve than I do.
Jenn,
Remember, you are Jason’s wife, not anyone else. He chose you, and only you, you must not ever let anyone take that away from you. You and only you have the rights to speak as his wife, his next of kin. When he married you, he separated himself from his parents in order to begin a new life with you. Even though that has been cut short, the family unit is still Jason and Jenn, not Jason and Mom and Dad. This would have been the understanding of any man ready to take a wife.
It is not altogether surprising that you are having these difficulties with Jason’s parents. In their grief, they are being selfish and not putting you in your proper place as Jason’s wife. This is not uncommon, sad though it is. All I can say is buck up, pray, have faith in God, and His Son, Jesus Christ, and you will get through it all. It will be very, very hard. I hope you have parents and brothers and sisters that you can lean on at this time.
Morn for Jason and what should have been, try not to let your anger at his parents get too great, and you will get through it all. May the peace of Christ be in your heart as you face this very difficult time.
Yes, indeed his wife is his next of kin. My son recently married too and it is a switch in my way of thinking of him, requiring a bit of vigilance on my part. I am no longer #1 in his life and that is the natural order of things.
In my experience, any death can bring out strange things in the people close to the one lost. Sudden, unexpected death is so hard. Feelings, attitudes, that may have been buried or withheld, emerge with the shock of loss. You just have to do the best you can and hope that the family can hold together out of love of the one dear to them.
Thank you, I am still having ups and downs, I actually laughed once today! I just can’t believe this is happening, it’s like a dream that I can’t seem to wake up from.
I am supposed to be getting interviewed tomorrow by a news channel and I’m going to get to show our wedding pics
http://www.kswo.com/Global/story.asp?S=11460764
Has a video.
Just to let everyone know, the pic of Jason and the little boy is his nephew, not my son.
I will put a link to some pics when I can.
Our wedding
Jenn,
The photos are beautiful….and of course, heartbreaking, in light of what has happened. Thanks for sharing these.
If you’re up to it and when you’re ready, I’d welcome a reader’s post from you, giving FA readers a chance to get to know more about the husband you just lost, and the young patriot who the country just lost. Tell us anything you’d like about Jason (and you and Jason). Help us keep the memory of his life, alive, and in the hearts of those who never had a chance to get to know him, personally.
Jason Dean Hunt was born August 25, 1987. He is just under 4 years younger than me, but he was almost always more mature than me. He loved me and my children with all his heart, I knew it, everyone knew it. He loved heavy metal, playing video games like Guitar Hero and shooting games, as well as being a big fan of World of Warcraft(WOW). He was known for being very quiet and always wearing black, but once you got to know him, he was the sweetest person ever. He loved Dr.Pepper and anything I cooked(I’m not a good cook, but he always told me I was, he never complained). He would die for anyone pretty much, he was my hero. We met at Walmart in Norman, Oklahoma in September 2005. I fell for him as soon as I saw him and we became instant best friends. I never got up the nerve to tell him how I felt about him, and he told me he didn’t like me when I asked him, so I started dating someone else and ended up married. I was married for 3 months when my husband left me, broke and pregnant.I lost contact with Jason for a while when he joined the military but on Thanksgiving 2006 I received a text from a strange number and it was him. Through texts I told him that I had been in love with him since the moment I met him and was always too scared to tell him. He confessed that he had always felt the same. A month later he was given leave for Christmas and he came to see me. We started dating and have been the love of each others lives ever since. We have been through so much together, including a 15 month deployment. It is so hard to think that he was taken from me somewhere he was supposed to be safe. We were married August 22, this year, 3 days before his birthday. It was a beautiful wedding and everything I ever dreamed of. He is the love of my life, my soul mate, and no one will ever live up to the standards he has set. He was God’s gift to me, I know he was made just for me. As I said in my vows to him, I will love him love after death, and I mean it.
There is going to be a broadcasted ceremony on Tuesday so everyone watch! I am flying there on Monday night and they said I will probably be interviewed.
Thank you for keeping us informed. Televising the memorial allows the American people their opportunity to mourn and pay respect. We can be there in spirit for you and the loved ones of those we lost and remember the wounded and their families. I won’t miss it.
Thank you, it gives me comfort knowing I’m not crying alone
Jenn,
Thanks for comment #80. I was actually suggesting you submit a “[Reader Post]“, and not just a comment.
How did the interview go?
I hope you are holding up and staying strong.
Jenn, I am so, so sorry to read of the loss of your husband, Jason. Just remember that you are not alone as so, so many people care about you, and are sharing in your grief. And, we care about you here at Flopping Aces, and I for one, feel honored to have met you, even if through the internet. I do believe justice will be done concerning Jason and his fellow comrades, even if it takes some time. But, for now, I pray you will find strength and comfort through those who love you, and they will hold you up during this time in your life.
Not to be trite in any way, I thought of this poem when I read your posts about Jason and how you are feeling right now. It gave me strength during a difficult time when I was needing some comfort many years ago. I know you’ve seen it, but I hope it helps at this time:
Footprints in the Sand
One night I had a dream.
I dreamed I was walking along the beach
with the Lord..
Across the sky flashed scenes from my life..
For each scene, I noticed two sets of
footprints in the sand,
one belonging to me, and the other to the Lord..
When the last scene of my life flashed before me,
I looked back at the footprints in the sand.
I noticed that many times along the path of my life
there was only one set of footprints.
I also noticed that it happened at the very lowest
and saddest times in my life.
This really bothered me
and I questioned the Lord about it:
“Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you,
you’d walk with me all the way.
But I have noticed that during the most
troublesome times in my life
there is only one set of footprints.
I don’t understand why
when I need you most you would leave me.”
The Lord replied:
“My precious child, I love you and would
never leave you.
During your times of trial and suffering,
when you see only one set of footprints, it was then
that I carried you.”
Stay strong, Jenn.
Many hearts are with you now, and forever.