More than 15 years after surviving several gunshot wounds during a terrorist attack at Fort Hood, retired Staff Sgt.Alonzo Lunsford is preparing to watch the man who shot him be executed.Speaking on "America’s Newsroom," Lunsford explained why he wants to attend the execution, which President Donald Trump recently approved to be carried out by firing squad."You live by the sword, you die by the sword," Lunsford said.
"And the way that he went about doing his deed was a coward's way because we didn't have any way to defend ourselves that day."TEXAS EXECUTES JAMAAL HOWARD DESPITE CONCERNS OVER LETHAL INJECTION DRUG USED IN FAILED TENNESSEE EXECUTIONThe Bernie Beck Gate at Fort Hood is pictured at sunrise on Nov.7, 2009, in Killeen, Texas, two days after a gunman opened fire at the military installation, killing 13 people.
(Nick de la Torre/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)Trump approved the use of an Army firing squad to execute Nidal Malik Hasan, a former Army major convicted of killing 13 people and wounding more than 30 others in the 2009 attack.Hasan opened fire on unarmed soldiers and civilians at Fort Hood while shouting "Allahu Akbar."Standing at 6-foot-9, Lunsford was shot several times, including once in the head.
He believes attending the execution could bring closure to survivors and grieving families."It's for two reasons.One is to give the families of the deceased a chance to close a chapter and also the survivors to close a chapter," Lunsford said of the execution."And it sends a clear message that we will not stand for this activity in any of our armed services or in the United States," he added.Lunsford said that for him and others affected by the attack, even holidays are not the same, adding that families of the deceased will "never get a chance to cherish a Christmas, a Thanksgiving, an Easter" with their loved ones again."For the survivors, even though we can still do those, celebrate those holidays, we still feel for those ones that we los...