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US Army sergeant Alonzo Lunsford

19/09/2013

Shot Seven Times in Fort Hood Massacre

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Sergeant Alonzo Lunsford barely survived the 2009 massacre at the Fort Hood army base

US Army sergeant Alonzo Lunsford survived the 2009 Fort Hood massacre, in which 13 soldiers were killed and 32 others were wounded.

On 5 November 2009, a US Army psychiatrist called Nidal Hasan went on a shooting spree at the Fort Hood military base in Texas. On that day, 13 soldiers were killed and 32 others were wounded. Sergeant Lunsford was shot seven times - but he survived. As a result of the attack, he is now blind in his left eye, and still suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. 

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(Picture: US Army sergeant Alonzo Lunsford)

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