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Nov 8, 2009 10:04 pm US/Central
Physical, Spiritual Healing Begins At Fort Hood
Arezow Doost
FORT HOOD (CBS 11 / TXA 21) ―
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U.S. Army Chaplain 1st Lt. Joshua Remy, left, prays alongside fellow parishioners as he attends non-denominational church services at Fort Hood's 1st Air Cavalry Divisional Memorial Chapel on Nov. 8, 2009, in Killeen, Texas.
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All day Sunday crews at Fort Hood were busy, building a nearly 30-foot wall out of transport containers.
The makeshift wall is being built to protect President Obama and other dignitaries from threats when they visits as part of a memorial service Tuesday on the Central Texas Army Post.
As crews get things ready for the President's visit, families of survivors search for answers.
At church services Sunday across Fort Hood, survivors of the mass shooting and their families looked for solace.
Army Chaplain Jason Blake gave words of comfort. "Our focus today is on resiliency and we are army strong our focus is on recovery."
Soldiers and others spent the day praying for the victims, survivors and for Major Nidal Hasan, the man behind the shooting spree.
"It's kind of hard to deal with sometimes."
Private First Class Joseph Foster was getting a check-up at the Soldier Readiness Processing Center when he heard the gunshots.
He was preparing for his first deployment in January to Afghanistan.
"I didn't think it was real until I got to the hospital, I didn't know what to think" says Foster's wife Mandy.
The 21-year-old Foster was shot in the hip.
With his wife and 6-week-old daughter beside hime, he says was hard to accept such an attack on his own post.
"As we have seen anything is possible, we are at war."
The howard family is trying to understand too.
"How could this happen, what was going on right here at home?" says Kaneesha Howard. Her husband, Sgt. Alvin Howard, was shot in the shoulder. His deployment is also to Afghanistan.
Kaneesha says she worries about their daughters, they had to be the brave ones through all of this.
"She started crying when she saw him in the hospital because she has never seen him like that" says the Howards' daughter Kristen.
As the wounded soldiers recover at home now, their military family is taking care of meals and other necessities by delivering care packages everyday.
Even in times of overwhelming grief, the focus for these survivors has turned to healing.
"I believe there are times we've all questioned our faith that's why we call it faith it's a matter of faith" says Chaplain Blake.
Army officials say as they take care of plans for Tuesday's memorial, training for war continues.
As for Hasan, they say they are planning on talking to all his patients in the coming days.
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