CINCINNATI -- All day we've been watching or listening to the news as the disturbing details unfolded at Fort Hood, Texas – but some here in the Tri-State spent the day on their phones and computers. They have family and friends at Fort Hood.
The images are disturbing. The lives irreplaceable. And for Jennifer Baker, of Burlington, Ky., a former Army wife with several friends at Fort Hood, the act is unforgivable.
"Shocked, disturbed, upset, because it's, you feel safe on an Army base,” said Baker. “You don't, the worries of that never cross your mind."
But today that feeling of safety was lost.
Julie Meece, of Deer Park, has a daughter, son-in-law, and 6-week-old grandson living at Fort Hood.
"My daughter and grandson are doing fine,” said Meece. “Last I talked to her, they were in the bathroom – and sirens were going off so they had to go seek shelter. And they're on lockdown right now."
Her daughter was in the bathroom for fear of bullets coming through the windows at her military home.
The lockdown on the base has now been lifted.
Meece as well as Baker say they're thankful for technology that has allowed them to stay in touch with their loved ones on the Texas post.
"Facebook, Myspace, text messaging, IMs, e-mails, you name it,” said Baker.
Even with all the ways to communicate, Meece says that according to her daughter, communication among those living on Fort Hood was very limited after the shooting spree.
"She had not spoken to anyone on the base because they were on lockdown,” she said. “The only person she talked to was the sergeant that came over and told her that they needed to take cover."
Baker is now glued to the TV and trying to wrap her mind around our nation’s bravest losing their lives at a place that should be safe and secure.
"It's dumbfounding that he was an American and could do this,” she said. “So it's – it's scary – it's really, really scary."
