Kimberly Munley, The Lady Who Ended The Massacre At Fort Hood
Posted by: Kate Torgovnick
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10:00AM, Friday November 6th 2009
Unless you were actively avoiding the news yesterday afternoon, you know there was a horrifying shooting at Fort Hood in Texas. At a medical processing center where soldiers check in before and after deployment, 13 people (12 soldiers and one civilian) were killed and an additional 28 were wounded. While some speculated that there were two gunmen, reports now say there was one—Major Nidal Malik Hasan, an army psychiatrist (yeah, that’s insanely twisted) who recently found out he was being sent to Afghanistan. While some witnesses say he yelled “Allahu Akbar” (“God is great”) while shooting, most seem to think his motivation was opposition to the war.
This morning, General Bob Cone released the name of the police officer who took down Hasan. Her name is Kimberly Munley, and judging by her picture, she must be under 30. Munley and her partner arrived on the scene within three minutes, and ran into the building, where Munley met Hasan head-on as he came around a corner. The two exchanged gunfire and Munley shot him four times before she fell. She was also hit, but is now in stable condition. “It was an amazing and an aggressive performance by this police officer,” Cone said. Go Kimberly—we applaud you for your bravery and for preventing more fatalities. We hope you recover soon and that Hollywood gets on your biopic, stat. [NY Daily News]
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ElleSays
wrote on November 6 2009 @ 10:16 am: [report]
Another amazing woman. I hope she recovers quickly and completely!
MuchoMacho
wrote on November 6 2009 @ 10:30 am: [report]
way to go maam. heartfelt thanks. and i hope the coward who did this gets his just rewards… whether its nothing but death (which i suspect) or an eternity somewhere evil.
bethlynn00
wrote on November 6 2009 @ 10:47 am: [report]
What a horrible tragedy, but I am positive that if this woman is like any other American solider she would never take full credit for ending this situation.
And please don’t encourage Hollywood turn this into a biopic, the less they try to profit from people’s pain the better. I think it would be best for all to just keep all of our troops in our thoughts and prayers all the time.
bogart4017
wrote on November 6 2009 @ 11:06 am: [report]
Surprisingly enough as late as 11pm est her name had not been mentioned on the news.
tabby
wrote on November 6 2009 @ 11:58 am: [report]
Wishing her a speedy recovery and sending her a heartfelt, Well Done!
silvergurl
wrote on November 6 2009 @ 12:45 pm: [report]
thank you, kimberly! positive and healing vibes to you and your fmaily.
equnsuocha
wrote on November 6 2009 @ 12:55 pm: [report]
This is a great thing for women in uniform everywhere.
On a side note does anyone else think it is biased that there has been so much emphasis placed on the fact that he was of Jordanian decent and was a Muslim?
Didnt this happen about 5 months ago? Wasn’t it a white guy and likely Christian? Where was the concern for the Christian backlash, did they guy say “Praise Jesus” at any point and if he did should we bee needlessly worrying other Christian soldiers that they could be persecuted?
Seems like typical predatory reporting to me.
VeronicaVaughn
wrote on November 6 2009 @ 01:26 pm: [report]
My brothers and my sisters are in my prayers in Fort Hood, What bravery from that women! Gives us (women in uniform) to look up to some one!
moonblossom
wrote on November 6 2009 @ 01:51 pm: [report]
She’s a bada$$!
retro chic
wrote on November 6 2009 @ 10:14 pm: [report]
Thank you, Kimberly!
@bogart said:
Yep. Funny you’d say that… the same thing happened in the Jaycee Dugard kidnapping case.
It would be days before it came out that campus police officer Ally Jacobs was responsible for Garrido’s arrest as she (and officer Lisa Campbell) were suspicious of him, made up an excuse to have him return so she could get a background check and backup knowing he’d slip away again if she didn’t act. The Sheriff’s Office was quick to snap up credit before the real story came out.
While these are seemingly very different stories, they both exhibit the critical factors of timing, judgment, all coming together to end deadly and tragic situations that had apparently gone unnoticed for a long time. Both having slipped thru the cracks from many missed basic clues about two very disturbed individuals (Hasan and Garrido) responsible for great human damage, while under supervision in their respective systems.
Their character and training is what makes the difference between life and death. And both women possessed these critical qualities and deserve the credit and spotlight. Shame on those that allowed both tragedies to precipitate, and hope they are all held accountable.
CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on November 7 2009 @ 01:58 am: [report]
If 12 servicemen die in Afghanistan it gets a passing mention on the news. If 12 die here, it’s a terrible tragedy worthy of candlelight vigils and 24 hour news coverage. I feel for the families of those killed overseas whose deaths are scarcely acknowledged or appreciated.