Fort Hood victims: Portraits of the fallen

The 13 people killed when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, included a pregnant woman who was preparing to return home, a man who quit a furniture company job to join the military about a year ago, a newlywed who had served in Iraq and a woman who had vowed to take on Osama bin Laden after the Sept.

[Patty Nelson]

My brother-in-law is stationed at Ft. Hood and was one of the first responders at the scene. I am thankful to the York Daily Record for describing the victims and giving them a human face. These people are the best of America. They need to be the focus of this story, not the perpetrator.