Berthold Native Wounded at Ft. Hood
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| 11/6/2009 |
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| 23 year old, Patrick J. Blue, III was born and raised in Belcourt, North Dakota. In 2003, he graduated from Bemidji High School, and decided to enlist into the United States Army. "I thought it would be a good career choice," says Blue, III. He had just finished his second tour in Iraq, and was undergoing treatment at Ft. Hood, when the unthinkable happened. "I was surprised. I didn`t see it coming," says Blue, III. Blue`s Father, Patrick Blue, Jr. watched the events unfold on his television. "I was shook up, I couldn`t call him, I couldn`t get a hold of him," says Blue, Jr. Blue, III was at the Soldiers Readiness Center, when 39 year old Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan killed 13 people and injured dozens more. "I was trying to help direct traffic, I didn`t realize I was wounded," says Blue, III. Fragments of one of the bullets hit his left side and he received 11 stitches. He was released from the hospital Friday. "I was full of relief," says Blue, Jr. "What`s next for me now? I don`t know," says Blue, III. Blue is expected to make a full recovery. "It`ll get better, it always does," says Blue, III. Patrick Blue the 3rd is with the 101st Airborne, 2nd Brigade. He could not give KMOT details about the shootings and what he saw because the military has put a gag order on all the witnesses. |
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