EXCLUSIVE: Fort Hood massacre survivors tell of fearing shooter would ‘finish the job’ Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/06/15/survivors-fort-hood-massacre-tell-tales-fearing-shooter-would-finish-job/ixzz1xvNyA0Nt

PHOTO: Staff Sgt. Shawn Manning was shot 6 times by the Ft Hood Shooter Hasan.

Stratton, who needed his family’s permission to enlist at the age of 17, thought he might be safe until he heard a soldier cry out that the shooter was following the wounded.

“He’s coming around the corner with the gun, he’s shooting and killing people,” Stratton said. “I just sat there – felt helpless – felt hopeless waiting for this person to come in and finish the job.”

Staff Sgt. Shawn Manning was shot six times, with one bullet narrowly missing his heart. Manning said he had sworn to uphold the Constitution of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic. Manning paused as he described the shooter.

“Domestic enemy, I mean, that’s what this was,” Manning said. “He might have wore the uniform, but he wasn’t a soldier. He didn’t act like a soldier. He tried to kill soldiers. I mean, he was an enemy – plain and simple.”

“When it came to Hasan,” Manning said, “there was a double standard. Hasan wrote emails to radical American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki – seeking advice on reconciling his Muslim faith with serving in the Army. This fact was known to the FBI.”

“You could lose your security clearance in the Army for having bad credit and be kicked out of the Army. But you can’t lose your security clearance for talking to a member of Al Qaeda, through e-mail. I mean, it doesn’t make any sense,” Manning said.

Despite calls from some members of Congress, none of the injured or murdered soldiers from the 2009 shooting has been awarded the Purple Heart.

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