EXECUTION WITNESS: Fort Hood Survivor to Face Nidal Hasan at Firing Squad — 'I Want Him to Know I'm Still Here'

Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people and wounded 31 others in a 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, is scheduled to be executed by firing squad—and at least one survivor plans to witness it. The survivor wants to be present at the execution to make direct eye contact with Hasan and communicate that despite his violence, she remains alive and unbroken. The case has drawn attention for both its severity and the rare opportunity it presents for victims to confront the perpetrator at the moment of his death.