That’s Lt. Patrick Cook on the left and Sgt. Daniel Ferguson on the right, who gave his life so Cook and 13 others could live.
I disagree with the Daily Mail’s usage of the term “rage” in connection with Lt. Cook’s letter. A plea for his life and the lives of others would be a better assessment. For had someone listened 5 years ago, we might have had Sgt. Ferguson and the others killed, with us today.
Via Daily Mail:
In a powerful, open-letter a soldier whose life was saved by a brave colleague during the Fort Hood shooting has described the desperate attempts of his fellow brothers-in-arms to resuscitate him after he had been fatally wounded.
In the letter posted to Facebook, First Lieutenant Patrick Cook hails the ultimate sacrifice of Sgt. First Class Daniel Ferguson as he barricaded closed a door that wouldn’t lock – crucially keeping shooter Spc. Ivan Lopez outside.
In one horrific passage, Cook recalls how one week on he can still ‘taste the blood’ of Ferguson in his mouth only to then rage and demand the ‘God-given-right’ for soldiers to be armed on base to prevent another massacre happening again.