WASHINGTON — In a short, emotional interview with The New York Times, the father of Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, one of the two West Virginia National Guard members shot near the White House, said his daughter is not expected to live.
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“I’m holding her hand right now,” Gary Beckstrom told the Times. “She has a mortal wound. She is not expected to survive.”
Beckstrom, 20, and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, were ambushed Wednesday afternoon as they stood post near a Metro station just blocks from the White House. Both remain in critical condition.
The Beckstrom family declined to comment further, with her father saying only that they are praying for a miracle.
may their prayers be answered.
They should be charginig this illegal garbage with attempted murder, not assault. Hopefully he will be charged under federal statutes which allow for the death penalty.
Tracht Gut