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    Heartbreak in bronze [Image 14 of 14]

    Heartbreak in bronze

    FORT HOOD, TX, UNITED STATES

    07.22.2014

    Photo by Sgt. Ken Scar    

    7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

    A tear falls from Scooby-Doo's eye in a sculpture that honors Nov. 5, 2009, Fort Hood shooting victim Pfc. Francheska Velez, July 22, 2014. "This one is tough," said artist Troy Kelley, who was commissioned to design the Nov. 5, 2009, Fort Hood Shooting Memorial using objects and symbols that were dear to the victims. "She was pregnant. We've been saying there were 13 killed, but there were 14. I spoke to [Velez's] father and said I would really like to honor that baby, and he said he would love it if I could. I'd already made the large Scooby-Doo, so we scooted it back on the base and I sculpted a baby Scooby-Doo, and I made the little tail stubby, and put two little tears in its eyes. I attended the [Nidal Hasan] trial by closed circuit, and three or four witnesses mentioned that Francheska's last words were, 'My baby, my baby.'" (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ken Scar, 7th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

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    Date Taken: 07.22.2014
    Date Posted: 07.23.2014 12:09
    Photo ID: 1459586
    VIRIN: 140722-A-ZU930-008
    Resolution: 4288x2848
    Size: 2.06 MB
    Location: FORT HOOD, TX, US

    Web Views: 251
    Downloads: 4

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